[Silver Bridge] Volume 4 · Chapter 8 · The Day I Deleted My Father's KakaoTalk

1. Prompted by a reader's story of being unable to delete their late father's smartphone, this column examines who should inherit a deceased person's digital legacy.
2. In Hanguk, there is no unified standard contract and the matter is left to platforms' own discretion, while in Jungguk, the report says, the civil code has provisions but platforms such as Tencent refuse to transfer accounts.
3. The author argues that telling one's family in advance how to handle one's accounts can be a final act of care for those left behind.

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