The authorities of the state of Delaware legalize the inheritance of accounts in social networks

Last week , the state governor signed Law 345 , which gives the deceased virtual accounts and digital devices the same status as his usual documents and property — that is, opportunity to pass into the inheritance.



The law is based on the draft Uniform Law Commission, a non-profit organization that advocates the unification of laws in all US states.

So instead of a box with grandmother's photos, future heirs will be able to receive albums in Vkontakte. Including the closed ones too - and this is the question: what about the content, including, for example, correspondence, which my grandmother would not want her grandchildren to see? Anton Nosik spoke very bitterly about this topic, comparing the Delaware law with the latest initiatives of the State Duma. In particular, he walked on the topic of the fact that relations with deceased users are already registered in the user agreements of services. Moreover, their policies are radically different from the newly adopted law: take, for example, the case from 2004, when Yahoo rejected the request of the family of the deceased marine for access to his mailbox. The good news is that the jurisdiction of the law applies only to residents of the state, and does not apply to Internet companies, most of which are located in California.