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From: "Chris & Caroline" <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] This should make genealogy a lot easier!!
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 18:14:48 +0100
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Yes I agree and I have just noticed I only put a US firm, so appologise to
all, and it shuld have read that a US or UK firm
would be the first to cotton on to this.
The trouble is ,nobody seems to care about whether your linen is aired in
public so much these days.
Chris
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From: "Firebird" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] This should make genealogy a lot easier!!
Chris & Caroline wrote:
> I agree Betty especially in this country with its data protection act
> etc.
> There are a lot of people who genuinely do not want there whereabouts
> known
> not on because of criminal activities but for legitimate reasons as well.
> And only a US firm could think of this! They seem to have no scruples
> about
> people unless its for getting money.
I find the whole idea appalling too, but I don't agree that it's only
an American firm that would do it. Given half a chance a UK or
European firm would as well. There are, unfortunately, people all the
world over who seem to think they have a right to publish personal
details about all and sundry because "the information is already in
the public domain".
OK, so it's in the public domain, but it has to be searched for and
compiled. It isn't handed to every/any malintentioned <censored> on a
plate, which is what sites like these are doing.
My only hope is that this comes back and bites the originators on the
bum - very hard!!
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