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Some Legal Challenges of Digital Inheritance with Special Regard to Privacy

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2021-06-26
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Schubauer, P. (2021). Some Legal Challenges of Digital Inheritance with Special Regard to Privacy. Pro Futuro, 11(1), 84-98. https://doi.org/10.26521/profuturo/2021/1/9856
Abstract

Digital inheritance, because of its complexity, cannot be considered uniformly. The elements of digital inheritance which can be considered as property are regulated by the law of succession. The personal elements of the digital inheritance are regulated by the right in memoriam and data protection laws. In the current Hungarian legal system the amendment of Act no. CXII of 2011 on the Right of Informational Self-Determination put the post-mortem privacy principle into regulatory form, in addition to the right to respect for the deceased which provides legal protection against violation of the memory of a deceased person.