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From: "treviawbeverly" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Identity theft, etc
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:44:59 -0500
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and if you're active at all in genealogical circles, just 'Google' your
name --- you might be surprised at what
turns up --- some of it may be incorrect or incomplete. How did it get
there? How can you change it? Sometimes you can and often you can't. Don't
sweat it!.

Trevia

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard A. Pence" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [APG] Identity theft, etc


> "Bonnie Kohler" <> wrote:
>
>> I think the main issue is privacy. Some people are fussy about having
>> their
>> private information put in print or otherwise revealed. Someone on this
>> list, a while back, said he would not publish anything about a living
>> person
>> without their signed consent.
>
> And he or she no doubt keeps the hall light burning to keep the goblins
> away
> at night.
>
> While there are plenty of folks who will get upset if you use personal
> information on them (and I try not to put data about living people on line
> for that reason alone), I doubt - even though Donn D. says there is a
> issue - "privacy rights" can prevent publishing of vital data.
>
> The fact is that much more than you will ever know about Cousin Clara's
> family is already well known to the computer numbers crunchers and data
> storers. I read recently that Google alone knows more about you than your
> own mother!
>
> And the advice given in another book about how computers are changing our
> lives is this: "If you are worried about what the world of computers knows
> about you, get over it." It's already too late.
>
> The National Genealogical Society has some guidelines on this topic for
> those interested. I think they go far beyond what is necessary, but it
> can't
> hurt anyone to know what they are. Go to www.ngsgenealogy.com/ and look
> for
> their "Standards" section.
>
> Richard P.
> Fairfax
>
>
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