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• Legacy Locker is an online subscription service which allows users to store account information about their digital properties and will grant access to those online assets to selected friends or family in the event of death or disability.Official Site: Legacy Locker

  The service securely stores information for any online account that requires a login, such as email, online photo services and social networking services.

• Fast Facts

  1. Launched April 7, 2009
  2. Founded by Jeremy Toeman
  3. A digital safety deposit box
  4. Plan options include a free trial, annual subscription or one-time/lifetime subscription
  5. Store login and information for online accounts
  6. Assign a beneficiary for every account that is stored
  7. After the user's death, their account information will be passed on to the named beneficiaries
  8. A user's death must be verified by at least two people that were preselected by the user

• Potential Concern

  Though Legacy Locker assures subscribers that the site is secure, some potential clients may have lingering concerns. Eddie Lopez, a tech-savvy Minnesota man told CNN that, "I do think this is something people should be really considering these days. My concerns are turning over such an exhaustive list of user names and passwords to a single business. That's one-stop shopping for any hacker to get access to just about every detail of my life."CNN: New Services Promise Online Life After Death (May 18, 2009)

• Death Verification

  A user must select at least two people who will be able to confirm the user's death. The verifiers should be people who will have access and has access to the appropriate documentation such as the user's social security number and access to a death certificate. If a user's name has been submitted to Legacy Locker as recently deceased, the Legacy Locker will contact the preselected verifiers for confirmation.Legacy Locker: Verifiers

• Legacy Letters

  Legacy Locker users have the option to write and store a farewell message which will be delivered via email after the death of the user. A legacy letter may be a written note or a video message option will be available soon. The legacy letters will be privately emailed to the appropriate person(s).Legacy Locker: Legacy Letters

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