Leaving traces in the digital world |
正流行的“数字遗产”真的完全属于我们吗? |
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BY 花消英气 from 21st Century Published 2022-02-18 |
Nowadays, most of our lives are recorded online. We set up email and online shopping accounts; we download music, films, games and e-books; we post and repost on Sina Weibo and WeChat. Together, these things make up our “digital legacy”. What can we do with our legacy when our last day comes? US tech company Apple is testing a new digital legacy service. With it, you can pass on your personal data such as photos, videos, notes and other information to your friends or family members. In fact, there are two types of digital legacy. One is “assets” that we buy with money, such as virtual coins and game equipment. As they are worth some money, they can be inherited. The other kind is things that carry sentimental value, such as social media accounts. Dealing with these is a problem. Although you may have created your accounts, you don’t really own them – internet companies do. You only have a right to use them. For example, your Taobao account might be closed by the company if you haven’t logged in for more than six months. Also, it’s hard to balance between our digital legacy and privacy protection. “Whether social media accounts, like WeChat and Sina Weibo, can be inherited is still questionable, because they are highly personal,” said Wang Cheng, a professor at Peking University Law School. Is it possible to get everything deleted? The answer may be “Yes”. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation went into effect in 2018. It said people have a right to erase personal data, which is also known as “the right to be forgotten”. (Translator & Editor: Li Xinzhu AND Luo Sitian)
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