{"id":5715,"date":"2017-09-08T22:56:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T05:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/?p=5715"},"modified":"2017-09-09T22:39:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T05:39:43","slug":"have-you-set-your-legacy-contact-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/archives\/5715","title":{"rendered":"Have you set your legacy contact on Facebook?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re one of the 2 billion users of Facebook, it might be a good time to set your account settings to include a “legacy contact”, basically someone who is able to access your account if you’re no longer around. I learned the hard way that having the login to Muriel’s account doesn’t actually make a difference because when Facebook finds out someone is deceased, they memorialize the account. Once they’ve “memorialized” a person’s account, even if you have the login, you can’t access the account. And since many of us spend time and have so many memories and connections via Facebook, to be locked out from it isn’t something you want to hear when you lose someone you love.<\/p>\n

To my surprise when I wrote to Facebook, someone actually responded within a few days… According to Facebook, its policy is to memorialize an account once the account owner has passed away. This helps protect the loved one’s privacy and preserves their account as a place for friends and family to gather and share memories. Once an account is memorialized, even Facebook isn’t able to:<\/p>\n