Digital Legacy Posthumous Data Sovereignty Checklist
Build a posthumous data-sovereignty checklist and test coverage of access, deletion, portability, consent, and executor controls.
Description
A digital legacy plan can declare controls for access, deletion, portability, consent and an executor.
A digital legacy plan can declare controls for access, deletion, portability, consent and an executor. Listed coverage is separate from enforceable authority.1
The returned values include Digital legacy checklist, Core controls complete, Unique control areas, Covered core controls. The How section below explains the calculation, input rules and interpretation.
When to use Digital Legacy Posthumous Data Sovereignty Checklist
Use Digital Legacy Posthumous Data Sovereignty Checklist when you need to evaluate the supplied records under the calculation and evidence rules below. No legal authority, platform policy or actual posthumous permission is verified. Exact-case duplicates can inflate controlAreaCount.
Define the question, evidence and scenario assumptions first. Supply the chosen score scales, time horizons or reference selection explicitly. Interpret generated text as a discussion template and screen labels as the stated rules.
How to use Digital Legacy Posthumous Data Sovereignty Checklist and understand its results
- Define the question, evidence and scenario assumptions first. Supply the chosen score scales, time horizons or reference selection explicitly. Interpret generated text as a discussion template and screen labels as the stated rules.
- Enter controlAreas, dataSubjectCount, executorDesignated, retentionYears using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
- Read checklist, complete, controlAreaCount, coveredControlAreas. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
- If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.
| Input field | Meaning | Value type; see rules below | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| controlAreas | Control areas | list of string | Required |
| dataSubjectCount | Data subject count | integer; minimum: 0 | Required |
| executorDesignated | Executor designated | boolean | Required |
| retentionYears | Retention years | integer; minimum: 0 | Required |
Require nonnegative safe-integer subject/retention counts and control strings; list may be empty. Trim nonblank names and deduplicate exactly for count. Match core names ignoring case, return checklist/coverage and joint flag. Unknown controls count but do not satisfy a core area.
complete=executorDesignated AND all five core control names present Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.
| Output field | Meaning | Value type |
|---|---|---|
| checklist | Digital legacy checklist | list of string |
| complete | Core controls complete | boolean |
| controlAreaCount | Unique control areas | integer; minimum: 0 |
| coveredControlAreas | Covered core controls | list of string |
{
"input": {
"controlAreas": [
"access",
"deletion",
"portability",
"consent",
"executor",
"security"
],
"dataSubjectCount": 1200,
"executorDesignated": true,
"retentionYears": 5
},
"output": {
"checklist": [
"Data subjects covered: 1200",
"Retention period: 5 years",
"Executor designated: yes",
"access: covered",
"deletion: covered",
"portability: covered",
"consent: covered",
"executor: covered",
"Revocation: Record how people can change or withdraw permissions after death."
],
"complete": true,
"controlAreaCount": 6,
"coveredControlAreas": [
"access",
"deletion",
"portability",
"consent",
"executor"
]
}
}Limitations and assumptions
No legal authority, platform policy or actual posthumous permission is verified. Exact-case duplicates can inflate controlAreaCount.
Numeric inputs, where present, must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Core numeric and string lists are limited to 100,000 entries; text entries are subject to the general large-text limit. Follow any smaller calculation limits above. Missing fields without a declared default, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors. A successfully returned false flag is an evaluated outcome; its meaning is explained above.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use Participatory Foresight Citizen Panel Design Checklist: A participatory foresight panel needs a purpose, representation criteria and accessibility measures. Counting declared dimensions is an initial design screen. For a complementary task, use Delphi Panel Recruitment Anonymity Protocol Lookup: A Delphi protocol separates recruitment identities from response reporting. Cohort-size thresholds provide an initial process screen.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Participatory Foresight Citizen Panel Design Checklist
A participatory foresight panel needs a purpose, representation criteria and accessibility measures. Counting declared dimensions is an initial design screen.
- Delphi Panel Recruitment Anonymity Protocol Lookup
A Delphi protocol separates recruitment identities from response reporting. Cohort-size thresholds provide an initial process screen.