Friday, May 4, 2012

Have you Written your Online Identity into your Will Yet?

Ever thought about what happens to your email accounts,Facebook, Twitter and other online identities after you pass? According to an article by Rebecca J. Rosen in The Atlantic, nearly half a million people with Facebook accounts passed away last year. So what were family and friends left to do – create a memorial page? Leave the account open? Shut it down? Rosen says the government is now suggesting that people create a Social Media Will when estate planning that will help friends or families know what to do with all of your online accounts. What do you want to happen to your online accounts? Is writing a Social Media Will a smart idea?

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