> "I asked you to remove my family from ancestry.com. They are not > related to you, you did not ask permission to include them. You are > setting yourself up for a possible lawsuit putting names on the > Internet without asking permission." > > I received the above email from the person who gave me the > information. The information is privatized but the person is listed > as the source. I don't understand her concern. > > It is not easy removing a file from Ancestry.com because it is an > old file and has to be done by them which I have requested. > > I'm not sur she has a legal leg to stand on either. > Ideas? Comments? > > patricia ricci I'm not a lawyer so this is not legal advice; if you want legal advice hire a lawyer. ISTM that the issues are not names as such and whether you asked permission but the possibility of database copyright (if you don't know what that is, do a search on it) and whether you were given clearance to publish. -- Ian Hotmail is for spammers. Real mail address is igoddard at nildram co uk Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk>