Rachel Thompson's three year long battle with Apple to gain access to her late husband's account highlights the difficulty of navigating the terms and conditions of online service providers after death and is another example of how the law is struggling to keep up with the pace of technology.

In today's digital world, almost everyone has an online presence and owns 'digital assets'. In the United Kingdom, there is no legal definition of what constitutes a digital asset but it is generally accepted to include photographs and videos stored on computer devices or online, blogs, e-books, social media statuses and tweets, plus informa...