Facebook describes a legacy contact as someone you choose to look after your account if its memorialized.
Nor will they be able to delete the account.
Its a caretaker only acting on your behalf in very specific ways.
Facebook is a place to share and connect with friends and family.
For many of us, its also a place to remember and honor those weve lost.
We respect the privacy of all those contacts.
It didnt make sense to include those messages, Callison-Burch said.
Facebook, in the past, provided basic memorialized accounts for people who had passed away.
However, these accounts would remain frozen, as they could not be accessed or updated by anyone.
As an alternative, people can instruct Facebook to permanently delete their account after their death.
The legacy contacts feature wasfirst launched in the US in February this year.
A five step guide has been provided by Facebook to name loved ones as legacy contacts.
source: www.techworm.net
