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FILE - In this May 25, 2016 file photo, Illinois Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch, D-Westchester, speaks to lawmakers at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. States have begun passing laws dealing with how online accounts can be accessed after death. Until now, Google, Facebook and other companies have said a federal privacy law bars them from releasing information unless they have permission from the account owner even if that person is dead. Welch, a suburban Chicago lawmaker, sponsored Illinois' measure on the topic. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

FILE - In this May 25, 2016 file photo, Illinois Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch, D-Westchester, speaks to lawmakers at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. States have begun passing laws dealing with how online accounts can be accessed after death. Until now, Google, Facebook and other companies have said a federal privacy law bars them from releasing information unless they have permission from the account owner even if that person is dead. Welch, a suburban Chicago lawmaker, sponsored Illinois' measure on the topic. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

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