> I was going through Ancestry's profile etc today. I found this and thought > other Admins might want to save it in case posters complain about info on > "living persons" being included in posts. Note the word *may*. And, it > does NOT say that Admins must remove it. > > >From http://www.ancestry.com/legal/privacy.aspx > > Privacy Statement > This Privacy Statement was last updated on July 15, 2009. > If you have not reviewed it since that date, please do so. > You will not receive any other notice of changes to this statement. > > (sub-title) When do you distribute or publish information on the living on > your Websites? > Posts contributed by our members to message boards and other community areas > may include information on the living. > (end of Ancestry) On the other hand, the word "may" just might indicate the idea of a possibility, as in you MAY go to the bank tomorrow. So, an alternative reading of the Anceztry statement could be: Posts ... MIGHT include information on the living. This doesn't indicate that it's permissible, just that it might occur. For the rest, see the community guidelines, as others have suggested. Bob > > > So, if someone cpmplains about a post containing "living persons" > information, send them to the link above. Especially for those posts that > are "fine line" between "do I keep or do I delete?" > > Judy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke's 3d Law