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Planning Your Digital Legacy: Organizing and Sharing Important Digital Assets

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Planning Your Digital Legacy

What will happen to our digital legacy when we are no longer here to maintain it? You must start planning your digital legacy if you want to guarantee that, in case of an emergency, your family will be able to access and protect your priceless digital assets.

Our digital footprint keeps expanding and includes anything from priceless family photos and movies to private financial and personal information.

What is a Digital Legacy?

A digital legacy encompasses your online persona, digital possessions, and access to financial accounts, online subscriptions, and passwords. Planning your digital legacy is crucial to prevent digital life disappearance or loss after death, similar to preparing a will for physical possessions.

Why Plan Your Digital Legacy?

Here is why you should plan your digital legacy:

Preservation of Memories

Family images and sentimental emails are just a few of the treasured memories that fill our digital lives. Making a digital legacy plan guarantees that these memories are saved for upcoming generations.

Financial and Legal Matters

Legal and monetary ramifications may follow from your digital possessions. Your loved ones may encounter unnecessary difficulties when managing your estate if they lack access to crucial paperwork and financial accounts.

Preventing Data Loss

Digital accounts left unattended may expire or become inactive as a result of inactivity. The loss of important data can be prevented with advance planning.

Online Reputation

By taking care of your digital legacy, you may retain some control over how your online reputation will be treated after your passing. This way, your social media accounts, and other online presence will be managed in accordance with your preferences.

How to Plan Your Digital Legacy?

Planning a digital legacy may seem challenging. Therefore, to help you, we have outlined it for you:

Inventory Your Digital Assets

The first step is to make a list of all your digital assets. This includes any valuable internet accounts or information, such as email addresses, social network profiles, online subscriptions, cloud storage, etc.

Appoint a Digital Executor

Select a dependable person to act as your digital executor, just as you would a physical executor of your will. This employee must have strong technological aptitude and be able to handle your online business.

Create a Digital Will

Create a digital will or letter of instructions outlining your intentions for each digital asset. Indicate whether you wish a particular account to be deleted, archived, or kept open. Give detailed directions on how to access these accounts and any passwords or recovery details that may be necessary.

Communicate Your Plans

It’s critical to let your loved ones and digital executors know about your goals for a digital legacy. Share your digital will’s location and any essential access information.

Regularly Update Your Digital Legacy Plan

The digital legacy plan you create should change along with your digital life. Keep your digital will and account details current to reflect any changes to your digital assets.

Consider Privacy Concerns

When sharing sensitive information, keep security and privacy concerns in mind. Transmit account information and passwords to your digital executor using secure techniques.

The Bottom Line

Digital legacy is to responsibly plan a strategy to guarantee that your digital assets are managed according to your preferences. It entails taking an inventory of your possessions, selecting an electronic executor, and drafting an electronic will. This will minimize difficulties and leave a lasting memory for your loved ones.

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Mark Johnson
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Mark Johnson is a passionate technology professional with over 11 years of experience in the Managed Services IT space and a wide variety of industry-leading certifications. Mark’s extensive Managed IT experience and aptitude for quickly learning and adapting to new technologies has equipped him to offer valuable insight across a broad spectrum of business technology solutions.

Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson is a passionate technology professional with over 11 years of experience in the Managed Services IT space and a wide variety of industry-leading certifications. Mark’s extensive Managed IT experience and aptitude for quickly learning and adapting to new technologies has equipped him to offer valuable insight across a broad spectrum of business technology solutions. Mark's fascination with technology began at a young age when he learned to navigate DOS so that he could play games on his brother's Tandy 386 computer. Over the subsequent years, Mark developed skills in photography, videography, and non-linear editing, and he eventually studied Television Production. He worked on the sound team at his church and developed himself in technical and non-technical leadership roles. Ultimately, Mark’s desire to be always learning, progressing, and developing his knowledge led him to a career in Information Technology. As an IT Professional and consultant, Mark enjoys meeting with organizational leadership to understand their business, their team, their technology infrastructure, and their budget so that he can work closely with them to build solutions that leverage technology as a competitive advantage rather than a liability. His genuine openness and transparency allow him to quickly connect with clients to build lasting relationships based on trust and mutual respect. One of Mark’s greatest assets is his ability to listen and empathize with his clients, enabling him to understand their perspective and develop a unique plan to accommodate their needs. Whether that means reducing IT spend without impacting productivity or reducing the technology footprint in the network closet by transitioning systems and services to the cloud, his commitment to integrity and proven results has earned him a reputation as a trusted advisor to his clients. Mark is a devoted family man who prioritizes his role as a husband and father. He loves to spend time with his wife and three beautiful children hiking together, exploring new places, cooking new foods, and appreciating quiet evenings at home. His family is also actively involved in their local church, where they enjoy serving and contributing to the community. In conclusion, Mark Johnson is a passionate, family-oriented, and highly skilled technology professional with a wealth of experience in the Managed Services IT space. His love for technology, combined with his dedication to his clients, has made him a sought-after advisor and solution builder in the industry. "Even the most daunting of tasks is made up of many small steps. The key to success is to begin somewhere. Life is full of beginnings, and none of them are easy, but if you never get started, you’ll never enjoy the fruit of discipline or the possibility of achievement." - Mark Johnson