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Subject: Re: Re: [Ethics] Re: Information about living persons.
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 15:12:33 EDT
In a message dated 9/8/00 3:54:01 AM, you wrote:
Helen,
Thanks for the reply and information.
No harm done.
Best,
Ann
>Ann and All,
>
>(I am the one who posted the original message, and my deep
>apologies for sending to a person instead of the entire list.
>My FIRST posting to the list, and for the first time ever, I
>hit REPLY instead of REPLY ALL.)
>
>The CA database, as well as the TX database are Rootsweb Databases.
>When I saw the CA and TX data, I wrote to Rootsweb, thinking that
>someone had uploaded these without their permission. Rootsweb
>responded that these were public records in CA and TX, and that
>tney had indeed uploaded the databases.
>
>I feel there are two issues involved (1) Should such records be
>publically available, and it appears we agree they should not;
>and (2) Does the fact that they are publically available in
>court houses, sanction posting on Internet.
>
>The first is am invasion of privacy, but one that is less intrusive
>because the records are not made available worldwide, and we all
>know how many services use Mother's Maiden Name for personal ID
>and access to all kinds of very private information, such as
>band accounts.
>
>The sad thing is that a large number of those who have such personal
>data posted on Internet, are not aware of it. Letter writing is an
>excellent idea, and perhaps such letters should be sent to the Editors
>of Newspapers in affected areas, as a way of informing persons who
>are msot affected of the dissemination of private information.
>
>Helen
>
>The potential for abuse of the publishing on Internet
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