Protect your digital assets after death - Alison Reid
Great importance is placed on getting a will drawn up, or ensuring your power of attorney is up to date, but making plans for what happens to your digital assets once you’ve passed away, or become incapacitated, is often overlooked.
We tend to think in terms of traditional assets which have monetary value such as bank accounts and properties when making a will. Many are not yet aware that steps can also be taken to nominate an individual to deal with your digital assets in these circumstances.
Professional body, STEP, recently launched a new campaign, encouraging members of the public to protect their “digital memories” by making future plans for their digital assets.
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