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Tag Archives: died
“Live” Funeral Video Broadcasting Over the Internet
On January 24, 2011, The New York Times ran an article titled “For Funerals Too Far, Mourners Gather on the Web.” Author Laura Holson reports that funeral homes and software companies are using new technologies to broadcast a video of a … Continue reading
House Subcommittee Considers Mandatory Data Retention Rules for Internet Service Providers
One of the topics that generated several questions and additional discussion during my presentation at the 45th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning on January 12, 2011, was data retention rules for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and online accounts. For example, … Continue reading
Posted in E-mail, General, Social Networking Accounts, Web Pages and Blogs
Tagged decedent, died, digital property, e-mail, estate planning, incapacity, jim lamm, social networking, Web page
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Conduct a Digital Fire Drill to Identify Important or Valuable Digital Property
When I talk with people about doing estate planning for their digital property—their passwords, online accounts, computers, smartphones, and electronic data—I sometimes ask them to conduct a “digital fire drill”: If your computer is lost, stolen, or damaged today, what … Continue reading
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Tagged death, decedent, died, digital property, estate planning, facebook, jim lamm, passwords, social networking
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Article in The New York Times: “Cyberspace When You’re Dead”
On January 5, 2011, The New York Times posted “Cyberspace When You’re Dead,” by Rob Walker. It’s a well-written overview of the problems of a person’s death and leaving behind a Twitter account, Facebook account, e-mails, and video games characters … Continue reading
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Tagged death, decedent, died, digital property, estate planning, facebook, jim lamm, social networking, twitter, video games, virtual worlds
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Man Charged With Felony for Reading Wife’s E-Mails
A December 26, 2010, news story from the Detroit Free Press reports that a Michigan man was charged with a felony for reading his wife’s e–mails from her free Google Gmail account. He was charged under Michigan Compiled Laws § 752.795, … Continue reading
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Tagged data privacy, death, decedent, died, digital property, e-mail, estate planning, jim lamm, online accounts, passwords
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92% of Children Under Age Two Have a Digital Presence on the Internet
In a September 2010 study by AVG Technologies and Research Now, they found that, in the United States, 92% of children under age two have a digital presence on the Internet, including digital photos posted online. According to AVG Technologies, … Continue reading
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Tagged death, decedent, died, digital property, domain names, e-mail, estate planning, jim lamm, social networking, Web page
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Estate Planning for Web Pages and Blogs
If a person becomes incapacitated or dies, look for any Web pages or blogs that the person operated. As most people know, a blog is a personal or business Web page with posted news items, reviews, or personal comments about … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, death, decedent, died, digital property, domain names, estate planning, incapacity, intellectual property, jim lamm, Web page
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Estate Planning for Online and Electronic Financial Accounts
After obtaining access to a person’s e–mail accounts and U.S Mail deliveries, another important step in dealing with the person’s incapacity or death is to locate information about the person’s financial world. In the digital world, Intuit’s Quicken and Microsoft’s … Continue reading
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Tagged bank accounts, death, decedent, died, estate planning, financial accounts, jim lamm, online accounts, tax returns
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Estate Planning for Domain Names
Registered domain names are the words, letters, or numbers that we use to refer to an Internet address, such as Google.com or Yahoo.com. An individual or business can register an available name with a domain name registrar for a fixed … Continue reading
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Estate Planning for Video Games and Virtual Worlds
Family members and fiduciaries may not consider online video game accounts or accounts in virtual worlds to be valuable property, but they can be. With online video games, the time and effort involved in building a powerful character or accumulating … Continue reading
Posted in Social Networking Accounts, Video Games & Virtual Worlds
Tagged death, decedent, died, digital property, estate planning, incapacity, jim lamm, online, passwords, Planet Calypso, Second Life, video games, virtual worlds, world of warcraft
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