§ 33-27.1-5. Terms-of-service agreement.
(a) This chapter does not change or impair a right of a custodian or a user under a terms-of-service agreement to access and use digital assets of the user.
(b) This chapter does not give a fiduciary or designated recipient any new or expanded rights other than those held by the user for whom, or for whose estate, the fiduciary or designated recipient acts or represents.
(c) A fiduciary’s or designated recipient’s access to digital assets may be modified or eliminated by a user, by federal law, or by a terms-of-service agreement if the user has not provided direction under § 33-27.1-4.
History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 200, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 262, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure
Chapter 33-27.1 - Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
Section 33-27.1-1. - Short title.
Section 33-27.1-2. - Definitions.
Section 33-27.1-3. - Applicability.
Section 33-27.1-4. - User direction for disclosure of digital assets.
Section 33-27.1-5. - Terms-of-service agreement.
Section 33-27.1-6. - Procedure for disclosing digital assets.
Section 33-27.1-7. - Disclosure of content of electronic communications of deceased user.
Section 33-27.1-8. - Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user.
Section 33-27.1-9. - Disclosure of content of electronic communications of principal.
Section 33-27.1-10. - Disclosure of other digital assets of principal.
Section 33-27.1-11. - Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is original user.
Section 33-27.1-14. - Disclosure of digital assets to guardian or conservator of protected person.
Section 33-27.1-15. - Fiduciary duty and authority.
Section 33-27.1-16. - Custodian compliance and immunity.
Section 33-27.1-17. - Uniformity of application and construction.
Section 33-27.1-18. - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.