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Timestamp: 2019-11-20 03:45:21
Document Index: 148013285

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2510', '§ 2711', '§ 2510', '§ 2702', '§ 3591', '§ 3591']

(1) “Account holder” means a decedent, a disabled person, a principal of a durable personal power of attorney, a settlor of a trust which was revocable until the time of the settlor’s death or incapacity, or a trust, whether or not revocable.
(2) “Catalogue of electronic communications” means information that identifies each person with which an account holder has had an electronic communication, the time and date of the communication, and the electronic address of the person.
(3) “Content of an electronic communication” means information not readily accessible to the public concerning the substance or meaning of an electronic communication.
(4) “Court” means the Court of Chancery for the State of Delaware.
(5) “Custodian” means a person that electronically stores digital assets or digital accounts of an account holder or otherwise has control over digital assets or digital accounts of the account holder.“Custodian” includes an electronic communication service, as the term is defined by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2510, and a remote computing service, as the term is defined by the Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2711.
(6) “Digital account” means an electronic system for creating, generating, sending, sharing, communicating, receiving, storing, displaying, or processing information which provides access to a digital asset which currently exist or may exist as technology develops or such comparable items as technology develops, stored on any type of digital device, regardless of the ownership of the digital device upon which the digital asset is stored, including but not in any way limited to, email accounts, social network accounts, social media accounts, file sharing accounts, health insurance accounts, health care accounts, financial management accounts, domain registration accounts, domain name service accounts, web hosting accounts, tax preparation service accounts, online store accounts and affiliate programs thereto, and other online accounts which currently exist or may exist as technology develops or such comparable items as technology develops.
(7) “Digital asset” means data, text, emails, documents, audio, video,images, sounds, social media content, social networking content, codes, health care records, health insurance records, computer source codes, computer programs, software, software licenses, databases, or the like, including the usernames and passwords, created, generated, sent, communicated, shared, received, or stored by electronic means on a digital device. “Digital asset” does not include an underlying asset or liability that is governed under other provisions of this title.
(8) “Digital device” means an electronic device that can create, generate, send, share, communicate, receive, store, display, or process information, and such electronic devices shall include, but not limited to, desktops, laptops, tablets, peripherals, servers, mobile telephones, smartphones, and any similar storage device which currently exists or may exist as technology develops or such comparable items as technology develops.
(10) “End User License Agreement” means an agreement between an account holder and a custodian establishing the rights and responsibilities of each. The term includes a terms-of-use agreement, terms-of-service agreement, privacy policy, terms and conditions, and license agreement
(11) “Fiduciary” includes a personal representative appointed by the Register of Wills, a guardian appointed, an agent under a durable personal power of attorney, a trustee, or an adviser.
(12) “Good Faith”
(13) “Governing Instrument” means a will, trust, a durable personal power of attorney, order appointing a guardian over the property of the account holder, or other dispositive, appointive, or nominative instrument of any similar type.
(14) “Person” means an individual, corporation, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership (general or limited), limited liability company, association, joint venture, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(15) “Valid Written Request” means
(a) A fiduciary with authority over digital assets or digital accounts of an account holder under this chapter shall have the same access as the account holder, and is deemed to (i) have the lawful consent of the account holder and (ii) be an authorized agent or user under all applicable state and federal law and regulations and any end user license agreement.
(b) Upon receipt of a valid written request sent pursuant to the requirements of subsection (c) of this section, from a fiduciary seeking access to, transfer of, copy of, or destruction of a digital asset or digital account, a custodian shall provide the fiduciary the applicable access, transfer, copy, or destruction of the digital asset or digital account, unless it would be technologically impracticable to provide access to, transfer of, copy of, or destruction of the digital asset or digital account to the fiduciary or to the account holder.Unless otherwise provided by a governing instrument or a court order, a fiduciary may access:
a. the content of an electronic communication, as the term is defined by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2510, sent or received by the account holder only if the custodian is permitted to disclose the content under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2702(b);
b. the catalogue of electronic communications sent or received by the account holder; and
c. any other digital account or digital asset of the account holder.
(c) A valid written request under subsection (b) of this section must:
a. If by a personal representative, be accompanied by a certified copy of the letters testamentary or letters of administration which grant authority to the personal representative to administer the estate of the deceased account holder;
b. If by a guardian, be accompanied by a certified copy of the court order that gives the guardian authority over the property of the disabled person;
c. If by an agent, be accompanied by a certified copy of the power of attorney that authorizes the agent to exercise authority over the affairs of the principal and which includes an authorization regarding the principal’s digital assets or digital accounts and, if the power of attorney provides that the agent’s power to access a digital account or digital asset is conditioned upon the account holder being incapacitated, be accompanied by a certification from a licensed physician or an order of the Court stating the account holder is incapacitated;
d. If by a trustee, be accompanied by a certified copy of the trust instrument, or a certification of trust pursuant to § 3591 of this title, and, if the trustee’s power to access a digital account or digital asset is conditioned upon the account holder being incapacitated, be accompanied by a certification from a licensed physician or an order of the Court stating the account holder is incapacitated; or
e. If by a fiduciary not otherwise specified herein, be accompanied by a certified copy of the governing instrument that authorizes the fiduciary to exercise authority over digital assets or digital accounts, or in the case of a fiduciary whose authority is granted in a trust instrument, a certification of trust pursuant to § 3591 of this title.
(d) A custodian shall comply with a valid written request not later than 60 days after receipt of the valid written request. If the custodian fails to comply, the fiduciary may apply to the court for an order directing compliance.
(e) For purposes of this section, a “certified copy” of a trust, power of attorney, certification of trust, or governing instrument means a copy accompanied by an affidavit attesting that the copy is a true, exact, complete and unaltered photocopy of the original, and that to the best of the affiant’s knowledge, said document remains in full force and effect.
Custodian Immunity.
a. A custodian shall accept a valid written request that complies on its face with the requirements of this policy;
b. A custodian shall accept a valid written request that is originally written in English or is translated into English, under oath of the translator.
(b) A custodian is not required to accept a valid written request if:
a. The custodian is not otherwise required to engage in a transaction with the account holder in the same circumstances;
b. Engaging in a transaction with the fiduciary or the account holder in the same circumstances would be inconsistent with applicable state or federal law, including copyright law, or regulations or any end user license agreement; or
c. The custodian has actual knowledge that the fiduciary does not have the authority to perform the act requested.
(c) A custodian that in good faith accepts a valid written request without actual knowledge that it is void, invalid, or terminated, that the purported fiduciary’s authority is void, invalid, or terminated, or that the fiduciary is exceeding or improperly exercising the fiduciary’s authority may rely upon such valid written request as if it were genuine, valid and still in effect, the fiduciary’s authority were genuine, valid and still in effect, and the fiduciary had not exceeded and had properly exercised the authority.
(d) For purposes of this section, a custodian that conducts activities through employees is without actual knowledge of a fact relating to a valid written request, an account holder, or a fiduciary if the employee conducting the transaction involving the valid written request is without actual knowledge of the fact. Notification of revocation of a valid written request by an account holder or fiduciary to an officer of any custodian shall constitute actual notice to all employees.
(e) A custodian acting in good faith is immune from liability for an action done in compliance with this chapter.
(f) A custodian acting in good faith is immune from civil liability for the custodian’s accidental destruction of any digital asset or digital account subject to this chapter.
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