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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Giles, Kevin
> Sent: 16 October 2009 14:54
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> Subject: Re: Privacy rights of the dead
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> You have some intelligent students there Kevin!! :O)
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> From my understanding once your are in a social networking site then
> you are there for life as once you link to friends the data you input
> to their 'wall' remains with them therefore, whilst you may be able to
> remove the dead person's account you will not be able to remove
> everything that has been posted on other people's sites by the dead
> person prior to death. I would presume it would require a notice of
> death be placed on their home page and a request to all their
'friends'
> to remove all records relating to them but it would be up to them if
> they did.
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> A very good topic and one that I am sure a student somewhere must have
> written a thesis on.............
Not a student, but a professor ;-) Lilian Edwards has a series of posts
about digital assets of the deceased, with links to other talks, papers,
etc. on her blog. See
http://blogscript.blogspot.com/search/label/death
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kevin Broadfoot
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:49 PM
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> Subject: [data-protection] Privacy rights of the dead
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> Not strictly a DP issue but as it's Friday afternoon I hope you'll
> forgive me.
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> I was running a DP course this morning and was asked about privacy
> rights for
>
> the dead! Or more specifically what rights do family members have to
> request
>
> the taking down of personal websites such as Facebook and Bebo etc
when
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> the individual dies? I've never thought of this before and don't use
> Facebook
>
> etc so am not aware whether any rights are granted in their policies.
> Can
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> anyone offer an answer? I could imagine the accessible social
> networking
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> sites of deceased individuals becoming useful in support of identity
> theft.
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> rgds,
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> Kevin
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