Digital inheritance

Digital Executor®: Unraveling the New Path for Estate Planning, Now Available to Guide Advisors on the Digital Transformation Impacting the Estate Industry

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Sharon Hartung, Your Digital Undertaker, recognized as one of the leading and original voices in digital estate planning globally, announces the launch of her latest book, Digital Executor: Unraveling the New Path for Estate Planning .

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  • Sharon Hartung, Your Digital Undertaker, recognized as one of the leading and original voices in digital estate planning globally, announces the launch of her latest book, Digital Executor: Unraveling the New Path for Estate Planning .
  • Digital Executor: Unraveling the New Path for Estate Planning explores how the proliferation of these digital assets is making technology the new player at the estate planning table.
  • Digital Executor: Unraveling the New Path for Estate Planning examines vital topics, including:
    The context of where technology fits in a clients estate, an advisors profession, and organizational practices.
  • The fundamental reasons why digital assets and estate planning tools are critical for advisors to understand to better manage their clients estate.

Epilogue Launches Social Media Will to Protect Digital Legacies

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

The next worst thing is leaving your executor and beneficiaries in the dark about your digital life and digital assets.\xe2\x80\x9d\nSocial media platforms are an extension of ourselves.

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  • The next worst thing is leaving your executor and beneficiaries in the dark about your digital life and digital assets.\xe2\x80\x9d\nSocial media platforms are an extension of ourselves.
  • But according to a survey conducted by Epilogue and Your Digital Undertaker , over 83% of respondents who use social media do not know what will happen to their social media accounts after they pass.
  • Having a Social Media Will helps someone shape that legacy for themselves.\xe2\x80\x9d\nEpilogue\xe2\x80\x99s Social Media Will is free and available to everyone, regardless of where they live.
  • To learn more about Epilogue\xe2\x80\x99s Social Media Will and how to protect your digital legacy, please visit: epiloguewills.com/social-media-will.\nEpilogue is a modern and affordable way for Canadians to make a basic Will and other estate planning documents online.

Wills.com Launches Online Estate Planning Platform

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Monday, April 19, 2021

b'Wills.com today announced the launch of its online estate planning platform dedicated to providing secure, affordable, fast, and easy-to-complete wills.

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  • b'Wills.com today announced the launch of its online estate planning platform dedicated to providing secure, affordable, fast, and easy-to-complete wills.
  • Wills.com provides peace of mind that final wishes are honored, and survivors\xe2\x80\x99 interests and important estate planning documents are secure and protected.\nCreating an online will and digital estate plan is a simple process that U.S. residents can complete online from any device in a single sitting or in their own time.
  • By making it easy to create a will, we aim to eliminate additional family suffering after a loved one passes.\xe2\x80\x9d\nWills.com is an online estate planning platform dedicated to providing secure, affordable, fast, and easy-to-create wills for U.S. residents.
  • Wills.com took the complicated, antiquated process of estate planning and simplified it to guarantee anyone can write their will while ensuring its legality across all U.S. states.

Women Play Critical Role In Protecting Digital Legacy, According To New GoodTrust Survey

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Monday, March 8, 2021

"We believe that women play the vital and primary role of protecting the digital assets and memories of most families," said Rikard Steiber , GoodTrust CEO and founder.

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  • "We believe that women play the vital and primary role of protecting the digital assets and memories of most families," said Rikard Steiber , GoodTrust CEO and founder.
  • "Women should be celebrated and empowered to continue protecting the digital legacy of us all."
  • According to the survey, there is also a notable difference between which documents and digital assets women believe they should have and which ones they actually have.
  • GoodTrust offers all women throughout the month of March, one year of free GoodTrust Premium Plan (by using promotion code IWD2021 at checkout, $70 value), further enabling all women to protect their estate matters and digital assets.

Award Winning Clocr.com Featured on "Meet the Drapers" February 27: COVID Pandemic Points to Need for All-In-One Legacy Planning Online Tool from Father & Daughter Team

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Thursday, February 25, 2021

Suddenly her father, Sree Chintala, was thrust into the unfamiliar and painful role of executor including accessing password protected digital assets.

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  • Suddenly her father, Sree Chintala, was thrust into the unfamiliar and painful role of executor including accessing password protected digital assets.
  • The name of her inspiration is Clocr ( https://clocr.com ) short for Cloud Locker and it's revolutionizing the planning of digital estates.
  • In 2020, she and her team were selected as one of the top 16 collegiate entrepreneurs of the year.
  • Managing digital assets in lifeand protecting them after death has become increasingly complex and increasingly important in light of the COVID pandemic.

The Digital Assets Protection Service DGLegacy Launches the First Password Manager with Digital Inheritance

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

BERLIN, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The digital and financial assets protection service DGLegacy extends its digital inheritance service with a password manager, aiming to tackle the global problem of abandoned bank accounts, insurance policies, online trading accounts, cryptocurrency, and digital wallets.

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  • BERLIN, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The digital and financial assets protection service DGLegacy extends its digital inheritance service with a password manager, aiming to tackle the global problem of abandoned bank accounts, insurance policies, online trading accounts, cryptocurrency, and digital wallets.
  • As a result, users' assets remain unclaimed in insurance companies, banks, cryptocurrency wallets, and asset management companies after their owners pass away, instead of reaching the rightful beneficiaries.
  • DGLegacy's digital inheritance service ensures that in the case of an unforeseen event happening to the user, people designated as beneficiaries will be proactively informed about the user's assets and will be able to identify and locate them.
  • The DGLegacy password management and asset protection digital inheritance service is available globally.

Digital Will debuts on Kickstarter, allowing owners to name heirs for online accounts

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Thursday, October 29, 2020

MONTREAL, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -With the whole world going digital, almost all of us have property on the internet, like bank accounts, email account(s), and so on.

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  • MONTREAL, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -With the whole world going digital, almost all of us have property on the internet, like bank accounts, email account(s), and so on.
  • Unfortunately, the licenses for most of these digital assets expire once the owner dies, making all these digital assets inaccessible to your estate's executors and heirs.
  • Montreal-based Digital Wealth Media has just launched a solution that will enable users to name heirs for each specific online account.
  • "Your Digital Will" is designed to document, organize, and protect a person's digital assets.

Vault12 Launches Digital Inheritance to Safely Pass on Digital Assets to the Next Generation

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Thursday, October 22, 2020

"The space has lacked a real, cryptographically secure option when it comes to securely passing on your digital assets to your family.

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  • "The space has lacked a real, cryptographically secure option when it comes to securely passing on your digital assets to your family.
  • Digital assets including cryptocurrency, financial information, legal documents, medical records and any other kind of digital asset can be added to a Vault12 digital Vault.
  • Vault12 Digital Inheritance has been designed to reduce the risks associated with managing digital assets and preparing them for future transfer with:
    Comprehensive Digital Asset Inventory:Designed to accept all forms of digital assets.
  • Vault12 Digital inheritance is part of the Vault12 app and is now available in the App Store, Google Play, macOS and Windows.

DGLegacy report reveals a strong correlation between COVID and digital inheritance cases

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

BERLIN, Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The digital inheritance company DGLegacy has released a report revealing a strong correlation between the COVID death peak and the number of digital inheritance cases that have been triggered.

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  • BERLIN, Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The digital inheritance company DGLegacy has released a report revealing a strong correlation between the COVID death peak and the number of digital inheritance cases that have been triggered.
  • DGLegacy has a proprietary mechanism for detecting unforeseen events that happen to its users and which triggers a digital inheritance case whenever such a fatal event is detected.
  • This correlation is surprising because COVID is only one of many factors that can lead to an unforeseen event detection and as a result trigger a digital inheritance case.
  • To find out more about DGLegacy , the released report or its digital inheritance service, please visit www.dglegacy.com .

The Digital Inheritance Fintech Company DGLegacy Tackles the Hidden Consequences of COVID-19 for Affected Families

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

BERLIN, Sept. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The digital inheritance asset protection company DGLegacy aims to address the financial consequences of COVID-19 for family members of affected people.

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  • BERLIN, Sept. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The digital inheritance asset protection company DGLegacy aims to address the financial consequences of COVID-19 for family members of affected people.
  • While this pandemic has had a horrible aftermath in the lives of many, it has also revealed a major weakness in the personal finances of affected families.
  • DGLegacy aims to solve that problem through its digital inheritance service.
  • To find out more about DGLegacy or its digital inheritance service, please visit www.dglegacy.com .