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The publication addresses the issue of digital content inheritance. The scope of the paper has been narrowed to the consumer relationship between Facebook and its users. The paper focuses on the regulations of Polish inheritance law and refers to the right to privacy through the prism of personal data protection and telecommunications secrecy. The analysis is preceded by a brief discussion of legal solutions applied in the USA. The 2013 opinion of the German Bar Association (Deutschen Anwaltvereins) is presented. The main theses of the decision of the Federal Supreme Court of Germany (Bundesgerichtshof), dated 12 July 2018, in a case about granting access to an account to the parents of a deceased service user are also presented. The basic aim of the paper is to establish whether, on the grounds of Polish law, digital resources gathered during one’s lifetime may be inherited. In particular, does a potential heir, in acquiring all the rights and obligations of their legal predecessor, also acquire the right to access their social media account and the digital content contained therein.