DGLegacy® is a digital legacy planning and inheritance application that utilizes a HeartBeat protocol to monitor user status and automatically notify designated beneficiaries about their digital and financial assets in the event of a fatal occurrence. This service addresses the issue of unclaimed assets by ensuring that loved ones can easily identify, locate, and access these assets, thereby minimizing the risk of loss.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Many individuals fail to adequately plan for the transfer of their digital assets, such as online accounts, passwords, and documents, leading to complications for their loved ones in the event of incapacitation or death. This lack of planning can result in unclaimed assets, lost memories, and unnecessary stress for grieving families.
Solution
DGLegacy provides a digital legacy planning and inheritance application that allows users to catalog their digital and financial assets, designate beneficiaries, and ensure that this information is securely passed on when needed. The platform employs a "HeartBeat protocol" to monitor user activity and detect unforeseen events, triggering notifications to designated beneficiaries about their inheritance. DGLegacy aims to prevent assets from remaining unclaimed by providing a secure and organized system for managing and transferring digital legacies. The service offers multi-layer encryption to ensure data protection and supports beneficiaries in identifying, locating, and claiming assets.
Target Audience
DGLegacy targets individuals who want to ensure their digital assets are properly managed and transferred to their loved ones, including middle-class families, individuals in war zones, and those with a global presence.
Features
- Secure password manager for storing and organizing digital credentials
- "HeartBeat protocol" to monitor user well-being and detect inactivity
- Automated notifications to beneficiaries upon detection of a fatal event
- Cataloging of digital and financial assets with minimum basic information
- Option to assign trustees to assets for beneficiary support
- Cyber breach monitoring to proactively alert users of potential risks
- Multi-channel beneficiary notification (email, phone)
- Integration with social networks to monitor user activity
- Data encryption with bank-level security cryptography
- Compliance with data protection regulations, including CCPA and GDPR