POSTHUMOUS PRIVACY, DECEDENT INTENT, AND POST-MORTEM ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS.

The article examines laws related to posthumous privacy of individuals. Topics discussed include post-mortem access to digital assets of the dead; impact of digital media on intellectual property law; challenges to signature and witness requirements mandated by modern statutes of wills due to advances in digital technology; and digital information for fear of violating the Stored Communications Act, which is a portion of the larger Electronic Communications Privacy Act.