What happens to Google and Apple accounts when the owner dies?

By Kari Paul · Engadget · Monday, 12 October 2026 at 16:15 (46m ago) · Original article ↗

When we die, it's not just physical estates that need to be settled, an entire digital footprint survives us. So what do Apple and Google do with that data?

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