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How to honor a dying person's wish to erase their digital presence

My wife's cancer is advancing and she wants to delete all her emails before she dies because she says some things should not outlive us.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire for digital privacy after death challenges our assumptions about legacy and remembrance.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Data and privacy after death?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.