What we do.
Until recently a person wishing to leave final words or instructions to friends,
family or business associates was limited to writing letters. These letters were
entrusted to an attorney or left in a location that was sure to be found upon
death.
"Open After My Death" is a service that provides you with the ability to
upload documents including word processing documents, video and audio files to our secure
servers. These documents will be delivered to the people you designate after you die. Who gets what information is strictly confidential.
What you do.
As a member of "Open After My Death" you will:
- 1.) CREATE A LIST OF RECIPIENTS. Enter a list of people who you want to receive any messages from you after your death.
- 2.) CREATE A LIST OF NOTIFIERS. Enter a list of individuals who will have the responsibility of notifying us that you have died
- 3.) UPLOAD DOCUMENTS. Upload any type of digital media to be distributed to your recipient list after your death.
A discripiton of each of these activities is below.
RECIPIENTS
Recipients are those people you designate to receive the information you save on
our system. The type of plan you have determines how many Recipients
you can designate on our system and
you designate any number of Recipients for each document you upload.
Recipients will not be notified of their status and will not know (unless you tell
them) that you have left something for them on our system.
After you death and after we heve been notified by your designated Notifier, we will confirm that fact and distribute your documents to the designated Recipients.
NOTIFIERS
Notifiers are the people you designate to notify us that
you have passed away.
These people should be highly trusted individuals who you are sure will carry out
your wishes. It is important that you tell them about your membership and
how important it is they notify us at the correct time.
You may designate as many Notifiers as you wish. We suggest that you designate more
than one Notifier. After you enter the Notifier information into our system
we will forward you an email that you can then forward to your Notifiers telling
them of their responsibility.
Notifiers do not have access to any documents unless they are also designated Recipients.
DOCUMENTS
Documents can be just about any type of electronic media that can be stored on a
computer. Documents can include:
- Word Processing Documents
- Spreadsheets
- Photographs
- Voice messages
- Video Files
When you upload a Document you will select from a list of Recipients who will receive
this file. You may add any number of Recipients to each Document.
Suggestion
Recipients
Recipients are the people you wish to receive the documents that you upload to our
site. You upload information about each Recipient to our database so they
can be sent the documents you have left for them.
Recipients can be anyone you choose and may include:
- Spouses
- Children
- Siblings
- Parents
- Close friends
- Co-Workers
- Former bosses
- Current and past lovers
- Business associates
The plan you choose determines the number of Recipients you may have. We suggest that you print
out and complete the Recipient Input Form available on the
My Account page
before you begin entering your recipients.
Notifiers
Notifiers are the people you designate to notify us of your death. They should include trusted close friends and/or family. You upload information about the Notifiers
you designate to our secure server.
Notifiers do not have access to any material that you upload to our server unless
they are also designated Recipients.
Notifiers should be trusted individuals
including:
- Your spouse
- Your children
- Brothers and Sisters
- Close personal friends
- Your attorney
- Your Minister/Pastor/Rabbi
Before entering your Notifiers information you should print out the Notifier Input document
located on the My Account page. Complete the Notifier Input form for each Notifier.
We recommend that you designate at least two Notifiers but
no more than five.
Documents
Documents include just about any form of media that you can store on a computer.
These include:
- Word processing documents
- Spreadsheets
- Photographs
- Voice messages
- Video files
As you upload each document you will be prompted with a list of Recipients that
you have previously designated. You may assign as many Recipients as you want
to each Document.
None of your recipients have access to any of these documents until we are notified and have confirmed that
you have died. Then only the Recipients assigned to the Document will receive
the Document.