Recently Illinois enacted the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA).
The act allows individuals to designate fiduciaries access and control over their digital assets, e.g., Facebook, Gmail, LinkedIn, and other accounts without incurring criminal liability. A number of these platforms have tools that also allow you to name a fiduciary who will have access and control to that particular platform.
Caution is advised because using said tools supersedes anything you put in writing, even Advanced Directives, wills, or trusts.
How many of us have opted in to an agreement to forget about it later?
Well, here, if you opt in and fail to continue updating, the love of your life when you were 23 who turned out to be a creep later, could actually gain control of your email account. It’s a stretch, but stranger things are happening in today’s world.
