[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="no" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" overlay_color="" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" padding_top="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" padding_right=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="no" min_height="" hover_type="none" link=""][fusion_text] [fusion_dropcap boxed="yes" boxed_radius="50%" class="" id="" color="#091124"]W[/fusion_dropcap]hat happens to your data when you die? Learn more about data after death right here. Four years ago, Domo, a leader in data aggregation, created a telling infographic on how much data is generated every minute. Since then, they’ve updated the infographic three times to display the most accurate information. Here are just a few statistics from Domo’s August 2015 edition of Data Never Sleeps : Every Minute – Amazon receives 4,310 unique visitors Netflix subscribers stream 77,160 hours of video Apple users download 51,000 apps YouTube users upload 300 new hours of video Twitter users send 347,222 tweets There are 1,440 minutes in one day, bringing the total amount of new YouTube video uploaded daily to 432,000 hours—roughly fifty years’ worth of data in one day on one platform. In this Internet age, users are creating a vault of personal information in the online world. But what happens to all this data when one dies? Who has the right to delete, access, or manage the data? If no one controls it, will it remain active online, ready to be swooped up and manipulated by cyber criminals and internet vandals? What’s the problem with leaving behind so much data? As a society, we have yet to fully understand the transition of large parts of our lives onto the online world. Because of this, data after death usually remains right where it was saved (which is why every year 2.5 million identities of the deceased are stolen). Even if one’s descendants have a vague understanding of who has the rights to online property, the overwhelming volume of data each of us collects over a lifetime can leave a maze of information behind. Without a plan for access and control, a large collection of personal accounts can leave online data in a perpetual state of limbo (like seeing the active account of a deceased person on Facebook). Forbes asserted in an article about death and data that rummaging through a loved one’s photos, books, and music after they die is nothing like it was even as recent as a decade ago. Whereas once upon a time, you could walk into a person’s home and physically gather his or her belongings, now you have to login into their online accounts and download their photos, videos, letters, contracts, and other information now being saved online. If you don’t have this person’s login credentials or even know which accounts this person actively used, finding data after death can be nearly impossible. Where a physical album would have held all the family photos in the past, today locating those files may mean requiring the passcode on a loved one’s laptop or tracking them down across multiple accounts like Facebook, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Instagram. In most cases, it will require direct intervention from these companies before you can gain access to those accounts, and in some cases you may even have to provide a death certificate. Is there a solution for data after death? Making a plan for data after death is necessary if you want your personal files to end up in the right hands and to avoid consequences such as inappropriate Facebook posts identity theft, and lost valuables. Some sites offer services that help you or your family and friends transition data to another person after death—like Facebook’s Legacy Contact and Google’s Inactive Account Manager . In addition to including your online accounts and login credentials inside your will, you can sign up for a service like Planned Departure , which helps you plan, store, and organize all of your online accounts from one centralized location. We share this information because it’s important to have a plan for the data we’re creating and sharing daily, both personally and professionally. If you’re interested in learning more about information management and data storage in the business world, we’d be glad to help. Contact a firm principal today. Sources http://www.zdnet.com/article/diving-into-the-dark-web-where-does-your-stolen-data-go-in-the-underground/ http://www.howtogeek.com/168584/where-do-deleted-files-go/ http://lifehacker.com/what-really-happens-when-you-delete-something-from-your-1659889380 http://www.forbes.com/sites/tamlinmagee/2013/11/19/what-happens-to-your-data-after-youre-dead/#465d7daa4f8d http://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2015/02/20/what-happens-to-your-data-when-you-die/#42a244657147 https://www.yahoo.com/tech/heres-what-happens-to-your-data-after-you-die-101447039569.html http://www.idanalytics.com/blog/press-releases/identities-nearly-2-5-million-deceased-americans-misused-year/ http://aci.info/2014/07/12/the-data-explosion-in-2014-minute-by-minute-infographic/ [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

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Aldridge to Participate in 2017 HR Southwest Conference
Aldridge to Participate in 2017 HR Southwest Conference

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Aldridge to Participate in 2017 HR Southwest Conference

HR Southwest is the largest regional conference for human resource professionals. This year’s event will feature over 90 speakers as well as a marketplace with more than 200 solution and service providers...

Aldridge Admin2018-06-29T14:33:47-05:00September 27th, 2017|Aldridge|

North Texas Giving Day Raises Over $39M in 18 Hours
North Texas Giving Day Raises Over $39M in 18 Hours

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North Texas Giving Day Raises Over $39M in 18 Hours

On September 14, the Communities Foundation of Texas held its annual North Texas Giving Day. The online giving event raised more than $39 million, benefiting 2,723 nonprofits in 16 Texas counties...

Aldridge Admin2018-10-30T13:36:53-05:00September 25th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Dallas CPA Society Provides Value to Community with 2017 Convergence Conference
Dallas CPA Society Provides Value to Community with 2017 Convergence Conference

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Dallas CPA Society Provides Value to Community with 2017 Convergence Conference

The conference offered attendees eight hours of CPE credit and the chance to learn from a variety of industry experts that specialize in areas important to CPAs. Speakers discussed topics ranging from auditing to cybersecurity...

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Aldridge Completes Roll-up and Integration of Former Subsidiary Arterian

Aldridge has now integrated Arterian into its Seattle managed IT services branch, making it possible for Aldridge to bolster its presence in the city's technology services market...

Aldridge Admin2018-07-02T11:58:08-05:00May 30th, 2017|Acquisitions, Aldridge|

Why Work at Aldridge?
Why Work at Aldridge?

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Why Work at Aldridge?

The dedication of the staff to their personal goals and the goals of the company as a whole has been a driving force behind Aldridge’s success. An atmosphere of freedom and independence permeates throughout Aldridge and employees are continuously...

Aldridge Admin2018-07-02T15:10:51-05:00August 10th, 2016|Aldridge|

Aldridge Helps Feed Dallas Youth at Hunger Busters Event
Aldridge Helps Feed Dallas Youth at Hunger Busters Event

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Aldridge Helps Feed Dallas Youth at Hunger Busters Event

The event was held on Wednesday, June 23, 2016 at the Hunger Busters center in Dallas. Participants helped prepare over 800 sack lunches for marginalized youth in Dallas Independent School District...

Aldridge Admin2018-07-02T15:24:32-05:00July 22nd, 2016|Aldridge|

Aldridge CEO Explains How to Make Money in the Cloud at 2016 Cloud Services Community Roadshow

Aldridge CEO, Patrick Wiley, will be a panelist for the Cloud Services Community Roadshow at the Dallas Tower Club on Thursday, June 23. The panel will include two other cloud business owners and will feature a discussion of how these entrepreneurs...

Aldridge Admin2018-07-02T15:28:22-05:00June 20th, 2016|Aldridge|

Aldridge Employee Featured as Panelist at LabTech’s Automation Nation Conference

Curtis Forsyth, Senior Technical Manager and Infrastructure Engineer at Aldridge, will be a panelist for LabTech’s annual Automation Nation conference in Orlando, Fla. Forsyth will help attendees learn to improve communication within their organizations and with their clients...

Aldridge Admin2018-07-02T15:38:00-05:00May 31st, 2016|Aldridge|

Data After Death

What happens to your data when you die?

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Malvertising: Outwitting Software and Smarts

Malvertising is a distressing cyberthreat designed to sidestep all your normal defenses. The attack source can range from an infected advertisement to an infected ad delivery server that can impact thousands of sites…

Aldridge Admin2018-07-02T16:56:19-05:00January 21st, 2016|Cybersecurity|

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