It’s never too soon to plan for what will happen to your digital presence after you pass away
Forgive me for writing about what may seem, at first glance, like a sensitive topic while many parts of the world continue to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic.
I, like many people, use the internet as a daily part of life and in ways that cause my online and offline worlds to be entwined. Recent events have provoked me into thinking about creating guidance while preparing my own digital world so that, if something unexpected happens to me, those that I leave behind will be less stressed when dealing with my digital legacy.
The important elements of a digital footprint may include, but are not limited to, financial accounts, family photographs, music collections and playlists through to social media and email accounts. Some service providers may have a broad range of services: for example, Google could be providing email, photos and cloud storage, while Spotify may be storing your favorite playlists. Accessing the data or managing the online accounts could be important both short-term: to inform people about a situation, and long-term: to ensure no important data needed by those you leave behind is lost. If, as in my situation, you store important documents and family photographs in the cloud, when you pass others may need to access, and possibly to manage, this storage so matters can be dealt with and memories captured in photos are preserved.
I have never been an avid user of social media apps other than LinkedIn and Twitter, and then really only for business purposes, so my footprint may be much lighter than the typical user. However, I do have a relatively unused account on Facebook and In ..
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