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Senate advances bill setting rules for fiduciary access to digital accounts; sponsor says social-media content remains private without consent
Summary
A measure to create fiduciary access to certain digital assets after death passed the Senate; sponsors said bank and cloud-stored files can be accessed by a fiduciary, but email, texts and social-media content require express consent in a will or other record.
The Utah Senate moved first substitute House Bill 13 closer to enactment on Jan. 27 after floor debate over what is accessible to a fiduciary and how missing-persons cases should be handled.
Senator Hilliard, the bill’s floor sponsor, told senators the measure creates a framework for a fiduciary to manage digital property such as cloud files and virtual currency after a user’s death but…
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