- August 21, 2019
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Kudos to The Wall Street Journal’s Abigail Summerville, who really gets the problem of digital afterlife. She nails it, in fact: “Social-media giants, with hundreds of millions of accounts, are increasingly grappling with how to handle digital legacies of users who have died.” A few points we want you to consider: 1 – Social-media giants … Continue reading “Kudos to The Wall Street Journal on Digital Afterlife”
- August 14, 2019
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I’m pleased to share with you an article from Next Avenue, part of the PBS public media system, in which Dr. Carla Sofka and Lee Poskanzer served as expert sources for writer Mark Ray about the “netiquette” of navigating social media during death and grieving. The article also appeared online at Forbes, which shares Next … Continue reading “Directive Communication Systems’ Lee Poskanzer in Next Avenue”
- July 10, 2019
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Sharing passwords won’t work with two-factor authentication or biometrics. What now? The stories of families figuring out how to access their loved one’s digital life are just beginning. Here are just two: A professional man works diligently to create an estate plan, doing everything necessary to protect his wife. Then he commits suicide. After the … Continue reading “Protect Your Digital Life With Directives”
- June 12, 2019
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“After she died, breaking into her phone was the only way to put together the pieces of her digital life.” This story of a family devastated by an unexpected death of a mother and having the added worry of having to figure out how to gain access to two decades of their mother’s digital life, … Continue reading “Hacking Mom’s Phone – Expect to Read More Like This”
- June 12, 2019
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This is a new estate planning issue that becomes very personal, very fast. Not planning for online estate management creates a host of disasters for those who are left behind, says The Guardian in the article “What happens to our online identities when we die?” Here’s just one aspect – a young woman with a … Continue reading “What happens if you don’t plan for your digital afterlife?”
- June 10, 2019
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We applaud NBC News’ addressing the issue of digital afterlife, but the advice was incorrect, and could cause people to lose so much of their loved one’s digital lives, including some that are irreplaceable. 1) If the digital account’s system figures out that someone who is not the account holder is trying to log in, … Continue reading “Digital Afterlife Needs a Digital Directives, Not Shared Passwords”
- June 7, 2019
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We’re heading to Brooklyn for Legal Geek’s first North American conference held in America. Jason Moyse, a member of our board of directors and principal of Law Made, describes it perfectly: “…it brings out the Magic Circle and Wall Street crowd and puts them in the same room as the garage guys with nary a … Continue reading “DCS Heading to Legal Geek North America Conference – June 25th in Brooklyn”
- May 28, 2019
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Over the last several years, I’ve crisscrossed this country preaching the importance of digital asset estate planning. I’ve met some of the most amazing attorneys and their clients. I always learn something new, which continues to fuel my excitement to be in this field. I’ve come to learn that your clients invest their time and … Continue reading “Don’t Believe Me? Just wait…and it will be costly!”
- May 21, 2019
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DCS is excited to be at Collision at the Enercare Centre in Toronto, a tech conference that brings together the people and companies that are redefining the tech industry. Forbes calls it “North America’s fastest-growing conference,” and that’s why we’re here. We’re setting meetings with the tech community to discuss their account holder digital asset … Continue reading “DCS at Collision Conference in Toronto”
- April 30, 2019
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Directive Communication System’s Lee Poskanzer was pleased to be a special guest speaker at the annual Successor Trustee Seminar presented by the Strauss Attorneys law firm in its Hendersonville, North Carolina office. The firm has embraced the importance of digital estate planning, offering their clients the DCS platforms to ensure that their digital property is … Continue reading “Founder Lee Poskanzer at Strauss Attorney’s Successor Trustee Seminar”
