What Will Happen To Your Digital Life (Emails, Facebook Account, etc.) After Your Death?

Most families prepare for the unthinkable with a will, so they can control what happens to their assets after they die. But protecting your digital life is also important.

Karen Prangley learned that lesson firsthand in 2009, when her father Greg Prangley suffered two devastating strokes.

“We didn’t know at what point we were going to lose my dad,” Prangley told CBS News.

Her 62-year-old father awoke from a coma after one week, but his memory was seriously impaired. When Prangley and her brother asked for the password to his Yahoo account, which he used to run his small business, he couldn’t remember it.

The entire business was tied to that account. Within a month, the company collapsed.

READ MORE: CBS

Published On 2/15/17