<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">True Mallory,wills could be one avenue for consenting to succession of data. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Our reality however is that majority of the population do not make wills for cultural and other reasons. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Il giorno ven 14 set 2018 alle ore 12:41 Mallory Knodel via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It seems that a will and testament is a form of consent. So if we look<br>
at this issue as one of consent, we assume that unless it is expressed<br>
in perpetuity, eg through a last will and testament, that the consent<br>
has not been granted, nor will it ever be.<br>
<br>
-Mallory<br>
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On 14/09/18 11:49, Grace Bomu via kictanet wrote:<br>
> So what should determine the data should be available to successors? It<br>
> is easy to see how DNA data would be useful for proving kinship or for<br>
> health reasons. But how far should we go? And wouldn't someone else (the<br>
> data processor or controller) still have access to the deceased's data<br>
> anyway?<br>
> <br>
> Il giorno ven 14 set 2018 alle ore 11:10 Alex Comninos via kictanet<br>
> <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>><br>
> ha scritto:<br>
> <br>
> > Data has a personal aspect as well as commercial aspect, among<br>
> others. It is property which upon the demise of the "owner" should<br>
> pass to his/ her estate just as is the case with other assets. The<br>
> "how" of administration of data after death ought to be covered in<br>
> the data law in the making, the law to apply alongside the law of<br>
> succession.<br>
> <br>
> I think its a great idea that data protection laws could enable the<br>
> execution of how private data and personal information is handled<br>
> according to the deceased last will and testament. This should be<br>
> seen in the sense of executing the last will and testament of the<br>
> deceased though, not treating ones data as property.<br>
> <br>
> When I die, there is a LOT of personal information and private<br>
> information I should like to the grave, some of which I would like<br>
> to be shared. I would not like all my private and memories and<br>
> personal memories to become “property” of my next of kin when I am<br>
> dead, solely because they left a digital footprint. <br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Grace Mutung'u <br>Skype: gracebomu<br>@Bomu<br><span style="font-size:12.8px">PGP ID : 0x33A3450F</span><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>