死ぬとオンライン アカウントはどうなるか

生まれた人は必ず死ぬ！人生についての否定できない事実.したがって、人々が最後の日の前に、物質的なものをどこに行きたいか、誰を相続人にするかを決定することは明らかで実際的です.しかし、この心配の中で、私たちは彼らの生活の他の部分を忘れています。デジタル ライフは、今日私たちにとって不可欠な部分です。コンピュータとインターネットに関連する生活の一部。

私たちのほとんどは、メール アカウント、Facebook や Twitter のソーシャル アカウントの作成、Instagram への写真の投稿にかなりの時間を費やしています。これらすべてのアカウントには、重要な情報が保存されています。しかし、自分の死後、オンラインに保存されている自分のオンライン アカウント、写真、映画、音楽がどうなるか考えたことはありますか?誰がそれらを使用するのか、またはこれらのアカウントから得た収益はどうなるのですか?

デジタル インプリントと死:心配しなければならない問題

悲しい現実は、個人がこれらのアカウントを見過ごして、自分のアカウントをハッキングする誰かによって使用される可能性のある膨大な量のデータを置き去りにすることです.オンライン アカウントは一部の人にとって感情的な価値がありますが、悪者にとっては深淵に残された情報は貴重な資産です。彼らはそれを盗んでお金を稼ぎ、新しいアイデンティティを作り、他のオンライン ユーザーに危害を加えます。これらすべてを知った後、私たちが見落としている目に見えない重要な部分について考えなければなりません。

今はその結果を確認できないかもしれませんが、休眠アカウントは深刻なリスクです。

あなたのセルフィー、投稿、ビデオが不道徳な活動に使われることを望みますか?あなたがいなくなった後、それはあなたにどのように反映されますか？古い手紙を燃やすのと同じように、この仕事を辞めたら、オンライン ID を削除しますか?オンライン アカウントをどのように機能させたいですか?

これらすべての問題に取り組むために、主要な Web サイトやソーシャル ネットワークは、死亡したアカウントを処理するためのポリシーを実装しています。この世界を離れたときにオンライン ライフを確保するための最初のステップは、デジタル継承を準備することです。

デジタル継承に取り組む前に知っておくべきこと

デジタル遺産の配布を計画する前に知っておくべき重要なことは、デジタル資産への受託者アクセス法 (FADA) です。デジタル所有物を合法的に譲渡する権利を個人に保証する行為。

テクノロジーが私たちの生活の不可欠な部分になるにつれて、私たちが死んだ後に放棄されたままになるデジタルライフについて考えることが重要です.これまでのところ、FADA の実施が重要であると考えている州はごくわずかです。しかし、サイトの利用規約に違反するため、ユーザーが死亡した場合、オンライン アカウントとそのコンテンツを共有できないなどの法律を制定することが重要です。 But, over the years, there have been instances where individuals seek access to the online accounts of their deceased loved ones’, that they weren’t able to get due to terms and services.

In such cases FADA or similar laws helps. But till the time the law isn’t implemented users need to take things in their own hands and plan how things should work before their eventual demise.

How to Prepare Digital Inheritance?

What you want to share with your family as part of your digital identity is your personal decision. But planning beforehand is a great idea and is important. Therefore, start by making a list of files stored on your PC, your online accounts, online services you use. Now, that the list is ready it will be easy for you to shortlist the important accounts that you would like to have in your digital legacy.

During this process you may come across to your online purchases and may consider them irrelevant, but you should list them too. As this will help you to know if you want to delete membership now or if you have any ongoing subscriptions that you would like to revoke eventually. This way you can keep things in check when you are there.

Note:In all this don’t make the mistake of sharing passwords on any public records.

To help you prepare in advance, some social media services have taken and initiative. They allow you to appoint a person who can manage your account after your demise, or can take decision on your behalf when you are dead. Others allow family to manage the account even if there is no authorization given, by proving their identity and a proof of your death they allow your family to access your site. Furthermore, there are third-party services that you can use to transfer your digital assets to your heirs after you die.

Options Provided by Social Media Services to Manage Departed User’s Data

We all miss out on reading the terms and conditions mentioned while creating an account. But if you read them you will see few services mentioned in the event of someone’s death. Below we list the options provided by popular social networking sites.

Facebook  let’s user choose who they would like to give control of their profile when they pass away. The appointee can either choose to remember the account or delete it permanently. Remembering account allows the heir to share one last post from the account in case they want to post a tribute. They can even change profile picture and cover photo, any posts shared before the account was memorialized cannot be edited or removed. To know more about legacy account, how it works and how to enable it click here.

Twitter  collaborates with an authorized point of contact to deactivate the account after the event of death of the Twitter user. Once the family member submits the request for account deletion, he receives an email with set of instructions for providing more details to prove his identity and share deceased users death certificate. To know more about the terms of service click here. Twitter doesn’t allow to post anything or make changes to the deceased account.

LinkedIn  and Twitter have the same policy for departed users’ accounts. They will close the account when requested. But it will only work when appropriate documents are provided. To know more about the documents, click here.

Google accounts that include Google+, Gmail, YouTube and Google search history give similar option like Facebook. User can decide regarding their intents for their accounts after they die.

The first step to set up a kill switch is to use the inactive account feature.  The second Google detects an absenteeism from the user, the feature is enabled, it will work in accordance with the settings you have applied. Whether it is to delete the account or to share account holder’s information with the appointee.

However, if you forget to set this feature, your loved ones can contact Google to shut down the account or to request data access. But it’s up to Google to handover the data or not. To make things easier just setup inactive account feature.

Yahoo!  too allows to close the account officially after your loved one has passed away. But this can be done only by officially verified friends and family. However, you cannot request data access or account access permission. To know more about it click here.

Pinterest and Instagram accounts can also be closed out upon request by friend and family members. To learn more about Pinterest click here. For Instagram click here .

Microsoft  email accounts (Hotmail, Live, MSN or Outlook) allow user to setup an appointee request, it is called a Next of Kin request. Once this feature is enabled user can decide what should happen to the account when they die -either the account should be deleted or should be active.

Desktops, laptops and smartphones  all have their own policies and they differ from brand to brand. However, if you want that your family should have access to the physical drives it is suggested that you share the password with them or upload all the data on cloud to which they have an access after you die.

Other Options you can use to Share your Digital Inheritance?

Apart from setting up the features offered by various services, you can use third-party applications. Advanced Identity Protector helps to secure data like social security number, card details, bank accounts and other confidential data and using its vault feature you can save the data for your digital inheritance. To give them access to your details create a vault profile, store your details that you want they should have access to after your death and share the vault password. By doing so, you will give them access to your personal details that are added to the vault.  To download Advanced Identity Protector click below button.

Undoubtedly, the old fashioned legal services are always helpful, but there is no harm in using third party applications for securing your digital assets. They are hassle free and help you plan, also you can eradicate the risk of giving away your password to someone you don’t trust.

Hope after knowing all this you will work on securing your digital identity, so that it is not misused after your demise. It is not easy to think about your own death but this is the bitter truth of life. Therefore, plan before it’s too late.