Millions of Facebook and Twitter users urged to leave instructions to manage their accounts beyond the Grave

As per one report:

Millions of Facebook and Twitter users are being urged to leave instructions to manage their social media accounts from beyond the grave Social media users warned to prepare for digital afterlife.

A new Digital Legacy Guide from SagaLegal.co.uk has been made available, containing advice on how people can ensure their online accounts expire when they do. The guide covers everything from social media accounts to online logins for sites such as Amazon, Google, professional directories, supermarket voucher schemes and music and film sites. 

People with a significant online presence could find friends and family receiving sombre and unnecessary reminders of a recent death, for example, via poorly-timed social media birthday notifications. More importantly, unplanned digital legacies could pose potentially harmful security issues. Any digital legacy should contain a financial element, as direct debits will continue to leave a bank account until it is frozen by the provision of a death certificate.

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