Virginia Allows Parents To Access A Dead Child's Account

Virginia State Government has passed a bill which now enables the parent’s of a dead child to access their child’s online assets including Facebook,Gmail etc.The new law requires the online service provider to give the guardian of the dead child full access to the child’s online contents including Facebook,Gmail etc within 30 days of a written request from the parents of the dead child.

The persons behind this new law is Ricky and Danie Rash parents of Eric,a 15 year old boy who committed suicide earlier this year.The parents want’t to know why their son committed suicide and they sincerely hope that his Facebook account can throw light on what really happened.The parents had earlier requested Facebook the account details of their son,but Facebook rejected the request stating many privacy and Federal laws.In response to this the parents worked with the state legislators to draft a bill to bring out a change in the law.

So what do you guys think about the decision of State Government of Viriginia to give the parents of a dead child access to their sons Facebook account details.But I dont completely support this decision.It is offcourse true that this decision has many advantages.A mans facebook account details can say many things about a person.Even some secrets which he does not want the world to know.So if the world comes to know about all those hidden secrets of a person after he is dead,we wont be doing justice to the dead,right?

Anyway I am open to your opinions..Lets have a healthy discussion.

Virginia Allows Parents To Access A Dead Child's Account