what is your Digital Legacy?
Think about the digital footprint you leave behind every day. Important files, emails, personal documents, and priceless photos are often stored on platforms that require usernames, passwords, and two-factor authentication to access. Without a plan, your family might be locked out of these accounts permanently. Similarly, social media profiles left unmanaged can create confusion, emotional distress, or worse become an easy target for identity theft.
Your Digital Legacy includes:
- Digital and Online Storage
- Social Media Accounts
These are high-level categories, differing from each other in terms of:
- How you use them
- The importance and value of the information
- The way your nominated contacts can gain access after your passing.
How this fits your My Legacy Plan
Protecting your digital legacy is a step in your My Legacy Plan. Adding your social media or digital and online accounts completes this step and moves your Legacy Plan progress forward.