Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to dead daughter's account

Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de... by pbhjpbhj on Thursday July 12, 2018 @09:08AM (#17514027)

It's consistent with former practice with letters and such, that unless one makes arrangements to the contrary that the family/next of kin inherit private letters, writings, and effects.

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Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de... by akuji1993 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:10AM (#17514753)

And that's fine, by law, but I'm thinking, I would also not like my parents reading my diary if I might have stuff in there I specifically don't want them to read (kinda the purpose of a diary in a way). So not sure, what point this makes, other than "Yeah but they can see other stuff I didn't want to share with them too"

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Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de... by pbhjpbhj on Friday July 13, 2018 @07:16AM (#17521939)

My point was that this isn't a a Facebook/web issue, they are following the offline analogue.

However, Facebook could easily add an "instructions after death" section .. in fact IIRC they did.

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Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de... by lakisy on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:34PM (#17516246)

    Then create a will/trust that specifically mentions that your diary should be shredded or given to a friend of yours that you trust but NOT the parents.
    This is happening all the time.

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