This is a question that we don't want to ask ourselves but which should nevertheless raise some questions for Web 2.0 users: what happens to all our online data after we die?
And that's a real question because in the first 8 years of Facebook's existence, 30 million users died...
The infographic below will therefore answer several existential questions : Who owns our data? How long before our account is deactivated? Can someone else claim our username? What happens if a family member dies (who has rights to the data)?
In short, a summary of the practices of the various social media players:
Article updated on March 31, 2025 by Byothe
