Digital Death, Digital Assets and Post-mortem Privacy

Addresses the fundamental questions of how our data, online identity and digital assets are treated after death Examines aspects of property, intellectual property, contract, succession and probate, privacy and data protection, jurisdiction and criminal law Develops a new concept of postmortal privacy Draws on 3 cases studies: the transmission of emails, online games such as World of Warcraft and social networks as the most typical, prominent and widely used types of assets Puts forward policy s