Hi List, I have watched this thread with interest. I too have had my personal details posted on GR without my consent - several times!. But I don't rant (or threaten to sue). A quiet, polite email to the person concerned always elicits a sincere apology and the removal of the information. As far as non-replies are concerned, I seem to have been lucky with my many correspondents, most have responded within a few days. If someone contacts me and I know I haven't time to respond in depth at that very instant, I immediately respond saying I will get back to them in so many days time. Seems to work ok. Regards Sandra M. Page wrote: >Can I add a word of caution here. Someone was talking about the living relatives they have on their tree. >Genes re-united stipulate that permission must be gained from living relatives before posting them on the site. Often this does not >happen and the first an individual knows is when they find their personal information listed. > >A friend of mine has just found she was listed on someone's family tree - listed by her sister-in-law's nephew, so no real >connection to her at all. > >She has been advised to sue as this is happening all too frequently on many family history research sites and genealogy lists. > >Moya Page, >researching BANTING/BANTEN/BANTUM - One Name Study GOONS # 4570 > > >............................................. >Want to contact the local community? >Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings >http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk >............................................. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

I think you are missing the point I was making about infringing the Data Protection Act. The listing of living people's details is against the Privacy Policy of most sites. In fact Genes Re-united specify: "Members must have, and continue to have, the express permission of any living person to include their details in a family tree. If a living person does not expressly consent to its details in a family tree, relevant details must be removed." It is important that anyone listing a family tree on an open site be aware of their responsibility to living members of their own or anyone else's family. Moya Page, researching BANTING/BANTEN/BANTUM - One Name Study GOONS # 4570 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra J Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! Hi List, I have watched this thread with interest. I too have had my personal details posted on GR without my consent - several times!. But I don't rant (or threaten to sue). A quiet, polite email to the person concerned always elicits a sincere apology and the removal of the information.

Hi Moya, Sorry, I didn't mean to sound critical. That wasn't my intention. You are absolutely correct about infringing the Data Protection Act, and are right to warn people of the dangers. Many times these things happen because people dont read the policies, but are usually quite amenable to removing "live" data when it is pointed out to them. Kind regards Sandra M. Page wrote: >I think you are missing the point I was making about infringing the Data Protection Act. > >The listing of living people's details is against the Privacy Policy of most sites. In fact Genes Re-united specify: >"Members must have, and continue to have, the express permission of any living person to include their details in a family tree. If >a living person does not expressly consent to its details in a family tree, relevant details must be removed." > >It is important that anyone listing a family tree on an open site be aware of their responsibility to living members of their own or >anyone else's family. > >Moya Page, >researching BANTING/BANTEN/BANTUM - One Name Study GOONS # 4570 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sandra J Smith" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:49 PM >Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! > > >Hi List, >I have watched this thread with interest. I too have had my personal >details posted on GR without my consent - several times!. But I don't >rant (or threaten to sue). A quiet, polite email to the person >concerned always elicits a sincere apology and the removal of the >information. > > > >............................................. >Want to contact the local community? >Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings >http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk >............................................. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >