Hello Folks, There was a brief article in the Halifax Daily News yesterday (via the Canadian Press, sorry I don't have a URL) regarding the Prvacy Commissioner's admission that our government keeps an extremely detailed database on each of us. Is the Commissioner's report available online? I am amazed that he has the gall to claim that the release of ninety year-old data could pose some kind of danger to the public while at the same time admitting to the existence of such a database. He is probably quite right in his belief that the average citizen would be angry to learn that this database exists, but he must not be allowed to link here- and-now privacy issues with government custodianship of historical data. If he gets the public riled up about which government records are available to whom and why our cause may be negatively affected. Once the media, and therefore the public, gets hold of an idea it is very difficult to modify or alter that idea. Unfortunately, many people do believe everything hear from media. Perhaps another round of letters to editors ASAP might be in order. Mary Anne Bohaker Halifax, NS ----------------- FindersKeepers Specializing in Nova Scotia Books, History & Genealogy in or out of print. Email: finders@knotwork.com URL: COMING SOON!