We always have a will of who will manage or inherit our properties when we die but have you ever thought of your Facebook account when you're gone?
Before, if you die, a relative or a friend could request for your Facebook account to be memorized where the account is frozen. Before the account is frozen, the person who requested had to prove to Facebook that you really have died by providing a death certificate.
"If Facebook is made aware that a person has died, it's our policy to memorize the account. Memorized accounts are a place for friends and family to gather and share memories," notes Facebook.
But in February 2015, Facebook introduced Legacy contact policy where your trusted friend or relative can manage your account by accepting your friend requests, updating your profile pictures and can also archive your Facebook posts or photos.
Your legacy contact will neither access your private messages nor log in to your Facebook account.
"By talking to people who have experienced loss, we've realized there's more we can do to help those grieving and those who want to have a say in what happens to their Facebook account after they die," Facebook said in a statement quoted by Time.
To designate your legacy contact, you go to security, click on legacy contact and select your trusted friend or your Facebook friend whom you want to handle your account when you're dead.
Your selected friend will be notified immediately if you choose so or after your death has been confirmed by Facebook.
You can still decide to have your Facebook account permanently deleted after your death if you have trust issues with your friends.