# Human Digital Remains Governance Framework **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Policy Research / Governance **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Level F — independent policy-facing research ## Definition The **Human Digital Remains Governance Framework** developed in *From bones to bytes* proposes anticipatory governance for posthumous digital state and posthumous Digital Human Twins. ## Continuity Significance Its recommendations are exceptionally close to this project's architecture: advance data directives, data trustees, data-donor cards, posthumous privacy, right to be forgotten, and continuation/erasure rights for Digital Human Twins. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence The paper argues that current GDPR and AI Act structures leave important gaps for deceased persons and Human Digital Remains. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note It is scholarship, not adopted government policy. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Human Digital Remains|Human Digital Remains]] · [[wiki/Data Trustee|Data Trustee]] · [[wiki/Data Donor Card|Data Donor Card]] · [[wiki/Right to Continuation or Erasure|Right to Continuation or Erasure]] · [[wiki/Posthumous Digital Human Twin|Posthumous Digital Human Twin]] ## Sources / Provenance - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02514-4