Although numerous states have studied and introduced legislation adopting the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Accounts Act, only three have adopted it thus far. The first was Delaware, which adopted the model digital assets law on August 12, 2015, effective January 1, 2015. Oregon became the second state to adopt the uniform law, when the

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The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) adopted the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (UFADAA) in July 2014 to better align state laws with the virtual reality of modern economic and social life. Under the UFADAA, fiduciaries had the same access to digital assets as they did for tangible assets, but only for the limited

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Encryption is a basic term used to describe the act of encoding data, files, and digital communications such that only those with the cipher could read or understand the information. Think back to the decoder ring you got in your cereal box; the messages it decoded were encrypted. There are many different encryption algorithms used

In its most recent legislative session, which ends this month, the Connecticut General Assembly failed to pass Connecticut’s proposed version of the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (UFADA). Fiduciaries are charged with the responsibility to collect, protect and preserve the assets of a deceased or incapable individual. In modern life, electronic and digital