{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-27.1-4","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-27.1-4","heading":"User direction for disclosure of digital assets.","body":"(a) A user may use an online tool to direct the custodian to disclose to a designated recipient or not disclose some or all of the user’s digital assets, including the content of electronic communications. If the online tool allows the user to modify or delete a direction at all times, a direction regarding disclosure using an online tool overrides a contrary direction by the user in a will, trust, power of attorney, or other record.\n(b) If a user has not used an online tool to give direction under subsection (a) or if the custodian has not provided an online tool, the user may allow or prohibit in a will, trust, power of attorney, or other record, disclosure to a fiduciary of some or all of the user’s digital assets, including the content of electronic communications sent or received by the user.\n(c) A user’s direction under subsection (a) or (b) overrides a contrary provision in a terms-of-service agreement that does not require the user to act affirmatively and distinctly from the user’s assent to the terms of service.","path":["Title 33 Probate Practice and Procedure","Chapter 27.1 Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-27.1/33-27.1-4.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:42Z","sha256":"efa7bcbf7f6572457dc4bda8c9e3e51e689710f566806b2a4593ce1a63b4a920","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-27.1-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-27.1-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}