Indiana § 32-39-2-1 - User direction concerning disclosure of digital asset
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 32-39-2-1 — User direction concerning disclosure of digital asset, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 32-39-2-1. User direction concerning disclosure of digital asset
Sec. 1. (a) A user may use an online tool to direct the custodian that carries, maintains, processes, receives, or stores the user's digital assets:
(1) to disclose; or
(2) not to disclose;
some or all of the user's digital assets, including the content of electronic communications to a designated recipient. If the online tool allows the user to modify or delete a direction at all times, a direction by a user to the custodian regarding disclosure through use of an online tool overrides a contrary direction by the user in a will, trust, power of attorney, or other record.
(b) If a user has not used an online tool to give a direction under subsection (a) or if the custodian has not provided an online tool, the user, in a will, trust, power of attorney, or other record, may:
(1) allow; or
(2) prohibit;
disclosure to a fiduciary of some or all of the user's digital assets, including the content of electronic communications sent or received by the user.
(c) A user's:
(1) direction through the use of an online tool under subsection (a); or
(2) provision in a will, trust, power of attorney, or other record under subsection (b);
overrides a contrary provision in a terms-of-service agreement that does not require the user to act affirmatively and distinctly from the user's assent to the terms of service.
As added by P.L.137-2016, SEC.14.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 32-39-2-1 ("User direction concerning disclosure of digital asset") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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