# Spain Article 96 Digital Testament
**Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Spain / Digital Rights
**Doc Type:** Canonical Concept
**Maturity:** Developed
**Evidence / Concept Status:** Level A — enacted statute
## Definition
**Spain Article 96 Digital Testament** is the statutory `derecho al testamento digital` governing access to and instructions concerning digital content associated with deceased persons.
## Continuity Significance
It supplies a statutory succession and instruction mechanism that maps directly onto the digital-estate layer beneath Continuity Election.
## Existing Architecture / Evidence
Family members, heirs, executors, and persons or institutions expressly designated by the deceased may act under specified rules, while express prohibition by the deceased can restrict access or modification.
## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note
The law manages digital content after death. It does not create executable preservation duties or post-biological legal identity.
## Related Ontology
[[wiki/Digital Testament|Digital Testament]] · [[wiki/Post-Biological Estate Planning|Post-Biological Estate Planning]] · [[wiki/Continuity Supersession|Continuity Supersession]] · [[wiki/Digital Legacy|Digital Legacy]]
## Sources / Provenance
- https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2018-16673