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Protect Your Digital Life With Directives
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,...
Hacking Mom’s Phone – Expect to Read More Like This
“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...
What happens if you don’t plan for your digital afterlife?
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...
Digital Afterlife Needs a Digital Directives, Not Shared Passwords
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...
DCS Heading to Legal Geek North America Conference – June 25th in Brooklyn
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...
Don’t Believe Me? Just wait…and it will be costly!
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...