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Planning for your Digital Legacy

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  Planning for your Digital Legacy My Avira Account The loss of a loved one is often unexpected and sad enough for surviving relatives without having to deal with the deceased’s digital legacy. In days of old, all it took to dig through the lives of the deceased was to rummage through their files and safety deposit boxes. Nowadays, though, estate administration is quite complex because we now handle a large part of our personal affairs digitally.   Just think of the many online accounts you have: Online banking, email accounts, energy providers, social media accounts… there’s more than you first think. This gives rise to the inevitable question as to how you can safely store all those access details — even individually — in a password safe like Avira Password Manager and make life a little easier for surviving relatives to take care of your digital estate. Read on for some top tips.   What is your digital legacy?   Roughly speaking, your digital