Digital data on the internet: what happens after your death?

The person designated to carry out the

guidelines

then has the possibility, after the death of the Internet user, to read the

guidelines

and to request their implementation from the data controllers in question (deletion of account Facebook the deceased, for example).

These directives are akin to a

digital will

may be general (when they concern all the data on a person) or specific (when

guidelines

concern only certain specific data processing operations).

However, in the absence of

guidelines

in his lifetime, heirs have the possibility to exercise certain rights, in particular:

• the right of access, if it is necessary for the settlement of the estate of the deceased or if it is for the heirs to retrieve family memories (photographs, writings...);
• the right of objection to close the user accounts of the deceased person and to oppose the use of this data.