Re: relative does not want information listed in reports

On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:46:20 -0500, Tim Campbell wrote:

I have a relative who has found a website, where is is listed. He cites
"invasion of privacy" and demands to be removed. (to be fair, he consented
to information being retained if a login system using SSL is used, but that
cant cant be used in printed matter).

If he wants to be removed because he feels it's an invasion of his
privacy, then his wishes should be respected and his name removed.
Not everyone is au fait with computers and what is or is not possible.

The program I use (as do many others) provides for global or individual
filtering of information for living people, but this causes massive loss of
data (using global filtering) or a lot of work on an individual basis.

My concern is broken lines: how do you deal with this?

I'd remove the name and replace it with the words "withheld by
request" and/or mark it private in the program you're using. You
don't say which program you're using but I know I can set Legacy to
exclude anything marked private which means I can assign individuals
to that category as I input data. I still have the information but it
isn't for public consumption.

p.s. what other objections have you found/heard regarding publishing family
history?

This is an extremely thorny issue. There are those who say publish
and be damned. That risks you literally being damned by those who
don't wish to be included. There are others who say seek permission
from all those you wish to include where you are able to contact them.
For those you can't be circumspect. Leave out those who are still
living or one generation dead but include those who are. Be
especially careful with children. It's better not to include them at
all with or without their parents permission, especially if
publication is on the net.

There are concerns now about ID theft too, so it may be better to make
sure that the living aren't included at all. OK, the information is
all freely available but why hand it to crooks on a plate?

Personally I don't/won't publish anything after 1900 or WWI at a push.
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