# Second Loss **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Platform Dependency / Bereavement **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Regulatory foresight / corpus concept ## Definition **Second Loss** is the renewed loss experienced when a deceased person's remaining digital presence disappears because a platform closes, deletes data, changes policy, or makes a representation inaccessible. ## Continuity Significance It exposes platform mortality as a continuity risk and distinguishes digital preservation from provider-dependent availability. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence CNIL's postmortem-data foresight discusses the fragility and materiality of persistent digital traces. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Second Loss can be loss of memorial data rather than loss of a person. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Digital Death|Digital Death]] · [[wiki/Platform-Dependent Afterlife|Platform-Dependent Afterlife]] · [[wiki/Provider Mortality|Provider Mortality]] · [[wiki/Digital Legacy|Digital Legacy]] ## Sources / Provenance - https://cnil.fr/fr/cahier-ip-n10