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Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de... by Tomte on Thursday July 12, 2018 @09:27AM (#17514221)
You‘d need a legal reason for the contract between user and Facebook to be terminated.

The heir enters the contractual relationship in the decedent‘s stead, with all privileges and obligations.

At least in Germany.

Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de... by detaro on Thursday July 12, 2018 @09:42AM (#17514425)
I'm not sure though if that has to be the case though. Some contract types terminate automatically, question is if that is only legally possible for those special cases or if any contract can be written that way. Similarly if data deletion clauses could be challenged or not - being party to a contract that says all data has to be wiped if person X dies doesn't help you with gaining access to that data. That of course isn't part of the current social media user agreements, but could very well be added now as an option.
Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de... by Tomte on Thursday July 12, 2018 @09:50AM (#17514515)
Then again, it‘s doubtful if a minor can enter into such an agreement.

Practically speaking, I think there are so many tangents to go off here that basically the courts could decide whatever they consider „right“, and that‘s probably in favor of the parents.

Re:Facebook ruling: German court grants parents rights to de... by detaro on Thursday July 12, 2018 @11:37AM (#17515633)
True, that's an interesting question. I'd guess it might follow the rules for writing a will, so you'd have to be 16, and even then a court might override it for the parents.