I wish to thank the CCs of GAGenWeb for passing this policy. Thanks also to Vivian, Liz, Ed, and Linda for seeing it through the draft stage. Vivian, the page at http://www.giddeon.com/wilkes/privacy/ is at your disposal. Please feel free to lift it, edit the code or whatever, for placement on the state site. I'll be looking forward to adding a hyperlink to the privacy banner I have placed on Wilkes County's site. Hurray for GAGenWeb! --Keith Michael and Vivian Saffold wrote: > 32 for > 1 against > 1 abstain > The Privacy Policy below has been approved. > > Thanks to committee members: Keith Giddeon, chairman; Linda > Blum-Barton, Ed Gordon and Liz Nash. > > Vivian > > The GAGenWeb Project Privacy Policy > The GAGenWeb Project is dedicated to the free exchange of genealogical > information on the World Wide Web. Our goal is to provide free > genealogical information for the family researcher in a manner that > will protect the privacy of living persons by not sharing personal > information about them without their permission. > > In order to provide the most protection, some genealogical information > may not be available to the researcher. Being aware that the sharing > of information online is essential to family history research, and > that living persons have a right to privacy, The GAGenWeb Project and > the volunteers who make up the Project will abide by the following > guidelines when publishing personal information of any person on a > Project site. > Project Volunteers should: > > . recognize that the legal right to privacy may limit how information > is used on their Web site(s). > > . never knowingly include information of living persons on their > site(s) without that person's prior approval. > > . provide information, as needed, to contributors on the need to > protect the privacy of their living relatives. > > . ask contributors if permission has been granted by living people for > the sharing of personal information about them. > > . remove any information upon receipt of a request by the person > listed at the earliest possible time. > Allowable exceptions to this policy are: > > . Census records -- transcriptions or other facsimiles of U. S. Census > Bureau schedules are acceptable for use on Project sites, though a > Project volunteer should remove any person's census record upon > request by that person. > > . Marriage records -- transcriptions or other facsimiles of county > marriage records are acceptable for use on Project sites, though a > Project volunteer may choose a specific cut-off date for their local > or special project. A Project volunteer should remove any person's > name from a marriage record upon request by that person. > > . Cemetery surveys -- compiled cemetery headstones are acceptable for > use on Project sites, though a Project volunteer should remove any > living person's headstone transcription upon request by that person. > > . Obituaries -- the names of surviving family members, pallbearers, > and friends listed in obituaries may be published, if all other > personal information (such as place of street address, employer, etc.) > on those persons is redacted. > > > > > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > GAGenWeb By-Laws Committee Information Web Site: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacolqu2/bylaws/ > > > > >