Jusletter IT

Digital Inheritance in Finland

  • Autor/Autorin: Helena Korja
  • Kategorie: Beiträge
  • Region: Finnland
  • Rechtsgebiete: E-Commerce
  • Sammlung: Tagungsband IRIS 2016
  • Zitiervorschlag: Helena Korja, Digital Inheritance in Finland, in: Jusletter IT 25. Februar 2016
Helsinki District Court passed an interesting ruling in the autumn of 2014 (T 14/44626). In the ruling, the Court ordered the defendant, a telecommunications company, to assign the estate executor access to the e-mail account, and other similar electronic property belonging to the deceased’s digital inheritance, which the defendant was able to give access to. The defendant was ordered to assign all passwords and other information required for the use of the above activities. Apart from these, the Court ordered the defendant to give unlimited access to the deceased's digital inheritance, so that the deceased's heirs receive it by the same manner as to be recovered in his lifetime. The Court’s ruling is problematic in mind of the existing Finnish legislation and especially of the fundamental and human rights. For this reason, I want to look at the ruling from three perspectives: the personal data protection, the confidentiality of communications and the law of inheritance.

Table of contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Personal Data Protection
  • 3. The Confidentiality of Communications
  • 4. The Law of Inheritance
  • 5. Conclusions
  • 6. References

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