Burnsmarketing.comE-mail, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Gmail – usernames and passwords galore. What happens to these accounts when the owner dies? According to a recent list on Time, here are your answers:
Hotmail and Gmail allow relatives to order a CD with the deceased user's messages if they can provide a death certificate and proof of power of attorney.
Facebook will take down the deceased user's profile or keep it in "memorial state."
Flickr keeps the account up, but if the user had any private photos, the site won't let family or friends access to them.
Legacy Locker, and other similar companies, can store passwords and other account information for designated individuals after the user dies.
Should we start accounting for our online life in our wills?
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