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Subject: Re: [BAd] Posting info on living people
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 20:05:22 EST

In a message dated 4/1/03 6:57:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

> I am the admin for a locality message board. Several people from a
> local Gen. Soc. have been monitoring (without me asking them to do so)
> this board and then does lookups of vital records for the surnames
> involved. They then post the findings in response to the queries on
> this message board. This seems like a wonderful setup except for the
> fact that they insist on giving ALL the information that they find,
> including info on living people (full birth record transcriptions).
> Are they responsible for their own postings if someone should file a
> complaint, or am I? I know I should know the answer to this question,
> but I can't find it. I'm afraid to confront them with this, as I think
> they would quit completely if I brought this up to them. What, if
> anything, would everyone else do?
>
> My thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
>
> Nance
>
Nance-

This is just my personal opinion but since the GenSoc members can readily
find this information it is not private info--it is publicly available to
anyone. I wouldn't worry about it unless someone complains about their own
information being posted by filing an objection on the board. If that
happened I'd consider whether to remove it or not as a courtesy to the
individual objecting to the information being posted.

Joan

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