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HRS §556A-5

How this law affects online account agreements

This section says the law does not change what you and an online service agreed to about your digital accounts. It also says people managing your accounts after you die or become unable to act get no more rights than you had. You can change or remove their access through your own directions or the service's rules.

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The statute, as written — 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 section 556A-4.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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