; and (M) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as redesignated in subparagraph (L) of this paragraph) the following: (1) Abuse in later life The term abuse in later life means willful harm, neglect, abandonment, or economic abuse of an adult over the age of 50 by a person in an ongoing, relationship of trust with the victim, or the sexual assault of an adult over the age of 50 by any person. Self-neglect and harms committed by strangers are not included in this definition. All references to the term elder abuse as formerly defined in this section shall be supplanted by the term abuse in later life . ; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (H) and (I); (ii) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: (G) Death of the party whose privacy had been protected In the event of the death of any victim whose privacy had been protected by this section, the confidentiality requirements as described above will continue to apply, and release of any confidential or protected information will be vested in the next of kin, except that consent for release of the deceased victim’s information may not be given by a person who had perpetrated abuse against the deceased victim. ; (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (E) as subparagraphs (E) through (F); and (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: (D) Use of technology Grantees and subgrantees may use telephone, internet, and other technologies to protect the privacy, location and help-seeking activities of victims using services. Such technologies may include— (i) software, apps or hardware that block caller ID or IP addresses, including instances in which victims use digital services; or (ii) technologies or protocols that inhibit or prevent a perpetrator’s attempts to use technology or social media to threaten, harass or harm the victim, the victim’s family, friends, neighbors or co-workers, or the program providing services to them.