When you die you leave a lot behind. Physical items, such as books, furniture or CDs. But also a lot of accounts and digital things. What happens to your digital belongings after you die? And what can you do now, to properly arrange your digital legacy?
‘Digital legacy’ is everything you leave behind in terms of data when you die. These can be physical things with digital files on them. Such as a phone, a hard drive or a computer. But it also concerns things that you have stored in the cloud. Such as email messages, photos and videos on social media profiles, or music you listen to on streaming services.
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When you die you leave a lot behind. Physical items, such as books, furniture or CDs. But also a lot of accounts and digital things. What happens to your digital belongings after you die? And what can you do now, to properly arrange your digital legacy?
‘Digital legacy’ is everything you leave behind in terms of data when you die. These can be physical things with digital files on them. Such as a phone, a hard drive or a computer. But it also concerns things that you have stored in the cloud. Such as email messages, photos and videos on social media profiles, or music you listen to on streaming services.
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