After death, traces are left on social networks, mailboxes, blogs… A company erases them and also records last wishes.
The web makes us immortal. The social networks continue to celebrate the birthday of a deceased person , share photos memories … The iProtego Marseille company undertakes to erase the digital data of a deceased person , says Claire Sambuc, specialist lawyer in IT law.
Since 2016 and the law for a digital republic for the protection of personal data, people can give directives relating to the retention, erasure and communication of their data after their death. This law forced the platforms to evolve on the issue.
Commemorative accounts
Now on Facebook, it is possible to change the profile of the deceased to a memorial account. Remembrance accounts allow friends and family to come together and share memories after death. […] This also helps to secure it by preventing other users from connecting to it , Facebook explains.
Every minute, three users of this social network die around the world, according to iProtego. In a few years, there will be more accounts of people who are dead than alive , adds Claire Sambuc. The entourage can also declare the death themselves to the platform by sending a death certificate, an identity document … Complicated administrative procedures that add to the mourning. IProtego also offers to ensure the e-reputation of the deceased the year following his death.
In addition to managing the post-mortem digital cleaning, (around € 200), iProtego is developing an application to record the last digital wishes in a secure and archived manner.
