I’ve written lately about the importance of planning for your digital property in case of your incapacity or death. I’ve also encouraged you to make an inventory of digital property so the person caring for you or managing your estate knows what you have, where it is, and how to access it.Now my digital housekeeping moves on to clearing out things. If you have accounts and … [Read more...] about Digital Property & How to Get Rid of It
Estate Planning
Digital Property
If you are reading this, you are likely the owner of digital property.Digital property is very broad - e-mail, texts, social media posts, online accounts, videos, passwords and IDs to access sites, your data on shopping, financial and other sites, electronic documents, online backups, photo collections, and more. In this article, I and my co-authors, Sharon Nelson and John … [Read more...] about Digital Property
What happens to my Google Accounts when I die or if I can’t access them?
Ask and it will be given to you, says the Bible.Users must have asked enough as Google has provided an answer.Now you can decide how your Google Accounts are to be handled if you’ve left them inactive for any reason. Maybe you no longer use Picasa to store your photos. Or perhaps you’ve gotten very ill or are incapacitated. There’s also the inevitability of death … [Read more...] about What happens to my Google Accounts when I die or if I can’t access them?
New Year, Fresh Start
The beginning of a new year is a time when many of us make a fresh start. As you start to pull things together for your tax return preparation, it is a good time to look at your financial record keeping. Were you organized last year in ways that made things simpler for you? If your 2012 system was piles of receipts here and there, maybe your 2013 system can be folders for … [Read more...] about New Year, Fresh Start
