When drafting a will, don’t forget about your online “assets”
As Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other online services play larger and larger roles in our lives it's surprising that so few of us think of our online presence when drafting our wills. Though these electronic records will likely outlive us all, existing online in some for or another perhaps forever, few of us take stock of our internet accounts and make plans for their disposition after our death. Online calendars, Google Documents, social media profiles, pictures, journals, you name it, they've got it online. Electronic accounts hold more valuable information than many of us may at first believe. A 2011 study by McAfee found that the average American values their unprotected online assets at close to $55,000.