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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015
A new estate
planning niche
has been
created.
game might sell it on eBay for
$800, and domain names can go
for thousands. Beyond the monetary value, there are the privacy,
security and legacy issues inherent
in our pictures, comments, user
IDs and the like that are stored
online.
Digital assets and accounts
include:
• e-mail accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, etc.);
• picture (Flickr, Picasa, Instagram) and video accounts
(YouTube, Vimeo);
• document accounts (Google
docs, Scribd) and files (Word/
Excel, health records);
• Web sites, domain names,
blogs and Web-hosting accounts;
• social networking accounts
(Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,
GooglePlus);
• music (iTunes, Amazon) and
books (Kindle, e-books);
• accounts on devices such as
laptops, Smartphones, tablets
and associated accounts;
• shopping accounts and online
businesses (eBay, Amazon and
affiliate links); and
Planning for Your Digital Afterlife
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