The bill was sponsored by Rep. Darryl Scott, D-Dover. Scott drafted the bill after someone in his district had trouble accessing email information after her husband died. The email provider refused her request and instead deleted the account and all its stored information.
Date: Aug 20, 2014
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Death notice: In Delaware your social media accounts now go
orking in conjunction with expert attorneys from the Uniform Law Commission and the Estates and Trusts Section of the Delaware State Bar Association, Rep. Darryl Scott drafted this bill after talking with a constituent in his district who was refused access to an email account held by her late husband.hey cant, in their service agreement, say that upon your death, were going to delete your account, said Democratic state Rep. Darryl Scott, who co-sponsored the legislation and worked with the states bar association to get it passed. We were trying to restore control to the family to make those