Digital Death, Digital Assets and Post-Mortem Privacy by Edina Harbinja, Edinburgh, 2023, ISBN-13: 978-1-4744-8536-4, 272, £85.00. This highly topical book explores how the law (especially in Europe and America) both does and should address the increasingly large and complex volumes of ‘digital assets’ which are being left online following the death of a natural person. Harbinja is particularly concerned with how interests related to post-mortem privacy are and should be handled but also considers those related to property. Following a short introduction, the first chapters of the book provide a theoretical analysis of property and privacy from the post-mortem perspective. The bulk of the book then focuses on these concepts as they relate to digital assets in three vital contexts, namely: social networks, games (including virtual worlds and virtual realities), and finally emails. A conclusion of her arguments follows …
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David Oliver Erdos, ‘Digital Death, Digital Assets and Post-Mortem Privacy by Edina Harbinja‘, International Journal of Law and Information Technology. Published: 19 October 2023.
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