Digital Heritage

Although everyone inevitably has to deal with inheritance law at some point in their lives, many people do not know what a digital estate is, what data, contractual relationships, and usage rights are involved, or whether the issue might even be relevant to them. Furthermore, due to the strong economic position of providers, many contracts for digital products are drafted unilaterally to the detriment of consumers.

Objectives

• To raise and strengthen consumer awareness of the topic of digital legacy by examining the subject as a whole through an interdisciplinary approach.
• Identifying conditions that disadvantage consumers.
• Describing measures to strengthen the consumer’s position.

The result of the project is a study on the topic of “digital legacy” from the consumer’s perspective, examining it from both a legal (consumer law, data protection law, inheritance law, copyright law) and technical standpoint. The study is available here.