<div dir="auto"><p style="color:rgb(64,64,64);margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.25rem;font-family:helvetica,arial,freesans,sans-serif">Germany's highest court has ruled that the parents of a dead daughter have the rights to her Facebook account under inheritance law.</p><p style="color:rgb(64,64,64);margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1rem;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.25rem;font-family:helvetica,arial,freesans,sans-serif">The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) said online data should be treated the same as private diaries or letters, and pass to heirs.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.25rem"><font color="#404040" face="helvetica, arial, freesans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44804599">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44804599</a></span></font><br></p></div>