You will notice that I did not say that the email address was posted.... I was indicating that it was NOT posted.on the Aus Qld List...and there was no way to contact the individual.. There was also no indication of how the individual would be made aware of any offers of help... I don't want to get into an online or offline debate, but in my experience working for Government..and as far as I am aware, an individual is subject to the Privacy Act and can be sued for Breach of Privacy...if the occasion warrants.. As far as I am concerned that is the end of my discussion on my comments... Gay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Raymond" <kraymond@iprimus.com.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] A genealogy bushfire survivor > >> There are some legal guidelines about posting an email without the >> permission of the Author that need to be considered.... > > There are no legal restrictions on individuals posting the email addresses > of other individuals (with or without their permission). Posting (or, > rather, not posting) other people's email addresses by individuals is a > matter of courtesy/etiquette, not law. > > For an organisation that is subject to the Privacy Act (individuals are > currently not subject to it), there might be restrictions on releasing > email > addresses that they obtain in the course of their activities. > > If a person's email address is visible in a posting to a public list (i.e. > they have taken no steps to keep it private), then I cannot see any reason > why anyone else should feel obliged to keep it private. > > Kerry > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >