Most Shared  LOCAL 12 - Search Results   Should online accounts
die when you die?   A leading group of lawyers says that
families should immediately get access to everything online
unless otherwise specified in a will. They are urging state
lawmakers to enact their proposal so loved ones don't get shut
out as American lives move increasingly online.  "Our email
accounts are our filing cabinets these days," said Suzanne Brown
Walsh, a Cummings & Lockwood attorney who led the effort. But
"if you need access to an email account, in most states you
wouldn't get it."  The Uniform Law Commission, whose members are
appointed by state governments to help standardize state laws,
on Wednesday endorsed the plan for "digital assets." It would
give loved ones access to - but not control of - the deceased's
digital accounts unless a will says otherwise.  To become law,
the legislation would have to be adopted by each state's
legislature. It would trump "terms of service" agreements by
tech companies that prohibit people fr