Remembering the dead through social networking sites allows users to come in contact with different aspects of the deceased through the written information and photos that becomes available on such sites.

Atsushi Iseda, a lawyer who helps clients deal with issues associated with impending death. IT companies are increasingly having to deal with privacy concerns and compelling arguments that the reams of data should remain active or online as a sort of social record, rather than being wiped clean.

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