I believe this to be a CYA statement so that ancestry is protected in the event that someone posts personal information on a message board and that message is not discovered, or is overlooked by an admin, or for boards that have no admins. I think we as admins need to follow the Community Guidelines regarding identifiable information on the living. I just removed a post made by a guy who posted the address of his living elderly parents, and that of his siblings on a rather busy board. I emailed him and explained why the post was removed and pointed him to the Community Guidelines. I would not even think about referring him to this privacy statement. Joan On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 6:54 PM, J.A. Florian <cageycat@gmail.com> wrote: > 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) > > > 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 >