I think it's a sad day for USGenWeb when we allow birth information through the 1990s to be freely accessible for those wishing to commit identity theft. Identity theft is a growing problem; it's in the news every day. Lori Thornton Telfair & Franklin Counties "David W. Morgan" <[email protected]> wrote: After your past actions with USGenWeb. I am not sure why anyone would follow you anywhere. They just might run in the other direction. David On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Keith Giddeon wrote: > A motion in the USGW AB failed last night. This motion would have > required the USGW Archives-TX to remove data on living individuals. > (They have thousands of birth records online even for children). > I now ask the GAGenWeb leadership to allow the formation of an official > committee to construct a Privacy Policy for GAGenWeb sites. This policy > would (hopefully) pioneer a mindset within USGenWeb that we are > genealogists who help others research their ancestors, not living > individuals, and also that USGenWeb SHOULD be taking the lead in > promoting online privacy in genealogical circles. > I volunteer myself for this committee as I am a Privacy Rights > Clearinghouse contact on the subject of Identity Theft/Internet. > Let's please take the lead on this issue. GAGenWeb has been > professionally and aptly operated for almost a year now and I feel it's > time we break out and show others we can lead where necessary. > > --Keith > > > ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb's motto is - Volunteers dedicated to free, on-line information. > David W. Morgan [email protected] Honolulu Hawaii CC Representative, SWSC Region, USGenWeb Project http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ ==== GAGEN Mailing List ==== GAGenWeb By-Laws Committee Information Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacolqu2/bylaws/ Lori Thornton [email protected] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!