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What happens to your Gmail and Facebook account after you die?

Many people have at least one e-mail account and/or profile on some type of social me-dia, but they seldom think about what will happen to these after they die. In some cases, what happens to an account or profile after its user dies, is determined by providers’ terms of service (ToS). However, sometimes these issues are defined elsewhere – in help forums, help centers, Q&A forums ; as is the case with Gmail (Gmail Help Forum or Google Accounts Help Center) and Facebook (Facebook Help Center).This paper will explore what happens to Facebook profiles and Gmail accounts after their users die and in order to do so, it must explore the reasons behind it. Its second part will deal with the fact that such important issues are usually not found in ToSA, but elsewhere. Because of that, two conclusions arise: 1. since these policies are found in various forums, a user will have a hard time being aware of their existence, unless he/she knows where to look for them specifically and 2. as a result, a user will not be able to consent to these policies, while consenting to ToSA.

Gmail ; Facebook ; digital asset ; inheritance ; contracts of adhesion

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