Yahoo has found itself in uncharted territory as a Michigan man struggles to access an e-mail account belonging to his son, a Marine killed in Iraq. To release such messages, Yahoo said last week, would violate the privacy rights of the deceased and their correspondents. AOL, EarthLink and Microsoft have provisions for transferring accounts upon proof of death and identity as next of kin -- but some privacy advocates question whether that's a good approach.
December 28, 2004 at 12:00 AM
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As more of our personal lives go digital, family members, estate attorneys and online service providers are increasingly grappling with what happens to those information bits when their owners die.
Sometimes, the question involves e-mail sitting on a distant server; other times, it’s about the photos or financial records stored on a password-protected computer.
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