What happens to your Twitter account after you die? At least one association has an answer.

The e-commerce trade group NetChoice has drafted model legislation it says would keep in place all privacy protections for online accounts and social media after a person's death. So far only Virginia has adopted the law, but Wyoming is currently considering its own version of the legislation.

The issue goes beyond questions about ownership of someone's cat photos on Facebook. Carl Szabo, policy counsel for NetChoice, noted that as more records are stored electronically, executors need access to some online information to settle financial matters.

"As we begin moving more and more of our financial and electronic transactions online, it becomes a bit more difficult for the next of kin to find out where the money is or find out what services are still active when somebody dies," Szabo told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. http://bit.ly/1Iu5TZn

NetChoice's model legislation—called the Privacy Expectation Afterlife and Choices Act—is an alternative to similar legislation proposed by the Uniform Law Commission, a coalition of state attorneys working to standardize state laws. The association argues the commission's proposed law gives estate attorneys too much access to personal information, even if that access was not authorized before a person's death.

"It is clear that all Americans regardless of age groups or political leanings do not want their online privacy to end when they die," Steve DelBianco, executive director of NetChoice, said in a statement. "For nearly 30 years, federal law has prioritized the privacy of email and other electronic communications. Estate attorneys want to dismantle these privacy protections so they can more easily access and distribute your digital legacy."

NetChoice cites a Zogby Analyitics poll that found more than 70 percent of Americans think that their private online communications and photos should remain private after they die, unless they gave prior consent for others to access. http://bit.ly/1BGNM5w

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