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Google Users Can Now Plan Ahead for Incapacity and Death for their Google Data
If you use Google’s Gmail service or one of its other popular services, Google has new user account settings that are helpful for digital estate planning purposes. With these settings, you can direct Google to send your Gmail messages and … Continue reading
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Jim Lamm Presents at 2013 Miami Law Review Symposium on “Will You Have a Digital Afterlife?”
On Friday, February 15, 2013, I presented a ninety–minute seminar titled “Will You Have a Digital Afterlife?” with Professor Christina L. Kunz, Michael J. McGuire, and Damien A. Riehl at the 2013 Miami Law Review Symposium on Social Media & … Continue reading
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Jim Lamm Presents on Digital Death at 2013 Heckerling Institute
On Thursday, January 17, 2013, I presented a ninety–minute seminar titled “Digital Death: What to Do When Your Client Is Six Feet Under But His Data Is in the Cloud” with Professor Christina L. Kunz and Damien A. Riehl at … Continue reading
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How Secure Are Your Online Account Passwords?
With announcements this month from popular Web sites LinkedIn, eHarmony, and Last.fm that a significant number of user passwords may have been compromised, it’s a good time to ask yourself, “How secure are your passwords?” It’s also a good time … Continue reading
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WSJ Article on Access to Online Accounts After a Business Owner Dies
There is an article by Molly Williams in today’s Wall Street Journal titled “If a Business Owner Dies, Who Can Access the Web?” The article points out that some small businesses have only one person who knows the passwords to … Continue reading
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Sharing Your Facebook Password With Employers, Schools, or Fiduciaries
Previously, I’ve written about courts ordering spouses to reveal their Facebook passwords in the course of a divorce proceeding. In the past few weeks, there have been several stories about employers asking a job applicant to reveal the applicant’s Facebook … Continue reading
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Planning Ahead for Access to Contents of a Decedent’s Online Accounts
February 1 was informally designated as “Change Your Password Day,” and a good collection of articles is available at Lifehacker.com about how to test the strength of your passwords, how to update your passwords with “strong” passwords, and a list … Continue reading
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Zappos.com Customer Account Information Compromised
On January 15, 2012, Zappos.com announced that their customer account information may have been compromised, including customer names, e–mail addresses, billing and shipping addresses, and phone numbers. CNN reports that this affects 24 million Zappos.com customers. Fortunately, Zappos.com announced that customer … Continue reading
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Connecticut Court Requires Spouses to Reveal Online Account Passwords in Divorce Proceeding
On November 7, 2011, Kashmir Hill on Forbes.com reported that a Connecticut court ordered Stephen and Courtney Gallion, spouses in a divorce proceeding, to reveal and exchange their online account passwords, including their passwords to Facebook, eHarmony, and Match.com. According to … Continue reading
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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month! For tips about creating strong passwords, backing up your data, Internet safety and security, social networking privacy and security settings, and more, visit: StaySafeOnline.org. Tip sheets and other resources are available on their … Continue reading
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