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From: Christine <>
Subject: Re: [Ethics] The reasons a discussion of privacy is important
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:47:40 -0500
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Barb,

The discussion hopefully raises awareness. The discussion (hopefully)
becomes archived on this list's archive pages. And perhaps I have changed
(or will in the future change) someone else's mind who is just reading and
not participating in the conversation. (I can think of many times in the
history of the USA when keeping after an issue actually changed
something. Slavery, civil rights, etc., etc.; people got tired of hearing
about it, but those discussions had to occur in order to make progress in
those areas.)

I have complained to My Family, Inc., and other lawful means of redress are
in process. I'm sorry that you seem to find the discussion annoying, but I
respectfully submit that discussion of issues is what newgroups are about,
right?

Regards,
Christine

At 02:20 PM 8/23/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Christine,
>It is obvious no one is going to change your mind about websites such as
>PeopleFinder. My suggestion is that as long as the site is distributing
>information available to the public in other media, i.e. phone books, city
>directories, membership lists, land records, etc. then PeopleFinder is
>probably not in violation of any statutes. However, if you think they have
>violated your privacy, you should write or call them and complain, citing
>the statute which you think they have violated. If you think you have a good
>case, then by all means, file a suit, but this list is really not for
>continuing to argue the point. This list is to enlighten others about the
>ethical way to share genealogical information. If you think this is
>unethical, great share your view, but a constant harangue about the evils of
>PeopleFinder gets us nowhere.
>Barb

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