(a)The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing tangible property apply to the management of digital assets, including:
(2)The duty of loyalty; and (3) The duty of confidentiality.
(b)A fiduciary's or designated recipient's authority with respect to a digital asset of a user:
(1)Except as otherwise provided in section 45a-334e , is subject to the applicable terms-of-service agreement;
(2)Is subject to other applicable law, including copyright law;
(3)In the case of a fiduciary, is limited by the scope of the fiduciary's duties; and (4) May not be used to impersonate the user.
(c)A fiduciary with authority over the property of a decedent, conserved person, principal or settlor has the right to access any digital asset in which the decedent, cons
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(a) The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing tangible property apply to the management of digital assets, including: (1) The duty of care; (2) The duty of loyalty; and (3) The duty of confidentiality. (b) A fiduciary's or designated recipient's authority with respect to a digital asset of a user: (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 45a-334e , is subject to the applicable terms-of-service agreement; (2) Is subject to other applicable law, including copyright law; (3) In the case of a fiduciary, is limited by the scope of the fiduciary's duties; and (4) May not be used to impersonate the user. (c) A fiduciary with authority over the property of a decedent, conserved person, principal or settlor has the right to access any digital asset in which the decedent, conserved person, principal or settlor had a right or interest and that is not held by a custodian or subject to a terms-of-service agreement. (d) A fiduciary acting within the scope of the fiduciary's duties is an authorized user of the property of the decedent, conserved person, principal or settlor for the purpose of applicable computer-fraud and unauthorized-computer-access laws, including, but not limited to, section 53a-251 . (e) A fiduciary with authority over the tangible, personal property of a decedent, conserved person, principal or settlor: (1) Has the right to access the property and any digital asset stored in it; and (2) Is an authorized user for the purpose of computerfraud and unauthorized-computer-access laws, including, but not limited to, section 53a-251 . (f) A custodian may disclose information in an account to a fiduciary of the user when the information is required to terminate an account used to access digital assets licensed to the user. (g) A fiduciary of a user may request a custodian to terminate the user's account. A request for termination must be in writing, in either physical or electronic form, and accompanied by: (1) A certified copy of the death certificate of the user if the user is deceased; (2) A certified copy of any one or more of the following that gives the fiduciary authority over the account: (A) A certificate of appointment as executor; (B) A certificate of appointment as conservator; (C) A power of attorney; or (D) A trust; and (3) If requested by the custodian: (A) A number, username, address or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the user's account; (B) Evidence linking the account to the user; or (C) A finding by a court that the user had a specific account with the custodian that is identifiable by the information specified in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision.