Estate Planning for Your Digital Assets

Have you thought about how you are going to pass down the photographs you have stored online, the contents of your Facebook page, and maybe even that digital sword you won online? While this may sound a little far-fetched, as more and more of our lives move online and to the Cloud, it is something we may all have to think about. Many services and programs have sprung up to help people prepare for what happens after their last login. Google has a program called Inactive Account Manager, introduced in April, that lets those who use Google services decide exactly how they want to deal with the data they’ve stored online with the company — from Gmail and Picasa photo albums to publicly shared data like YouTube videos and blogs.