Digital legacy guides

What academics have actually found about your digital afterlife: the scale of it, what families really need, and the security trap that locks them out.

Most data-protection law guards the living, not the dead: how the UK and EU position differs from India's DPDP Act, and why you should check what applies.

Lose the seed phrase and the coins vanish; leave it lying about and they're stolen — here's how to leave crypto your family can actually recover.

A cloud photo library isn't a backup. It can vanish when an account lapses or locks. How to make decades of photos survive and reach the right people.

Apple, Google and Meta each built a way to pass on or close your account — but only if you switch it on first. Here is how each one works.

How online accounts are typically handled after someone dies, and what to record now so nothing is lost.