The Digital Legacy: A New Frontier for Inheritance Laws The recent ruling by a Gandhinagar court in India has sparked a much needed conversation about what happens to our online lives after we're gone.
The case centers on Apple's refusal to grant access to a deceased person's iPhone and iCloud account, leading to a judicial intervention with far reaching implications for digital inheritance laws.
For decades, people have been creating a second self online – a persona built from the digital footprint of their interactions, preferences, and habits.