Have your say on accessing digital assets!

Canadians Data on US Servers
More than ever, people are storing their important personal information and other digital property online within the servers of large American companies such as Google, Facebook, and Apple. These “digital assets” can be anything from precious family photos and records to sensitive financial and legal information.

Uncertainty Around Access to Data
What Canadians don’t realize is that outdated laws govern who can access those assets after the owner dies or loses capacity. Even with all the necessary documents proving a person’s legal right to another’s digital assets, accessing the information is still a long and expensive court process.

Tell Us Your Story
The Alberta Law Reform Institute is considering a law reform project that will recommend how the Government of Alberta can ensure certainty for individuals, who have a legal right to, can access the digital assets of another person.

Let us know if you have run into any challenges in accessing the digital assets of another by completing our survey at bit.ly/3klYTZr