If you want privacy for the sake of privacy this is good advice but be aware of one thing - it will NOT protect you from identity theft. It just isn't done that way. True identity theft requires access to your Social Security number. Protect that by not giving it to anyone not absolutely requiring it. Do not put it on your checks or drivers licence. Credit card numbers can give someone access to those accounts. More identity theft is accompished by going through someones trash than perhaps anything else. Shred all bills, bank statements, etc before throwing them out. If you are concerned that someone will get into your bank account by learning your mother's maiden name give the bank a false name. Whatever you do don't think you are getting some sort security by keeping your information off genelogical sites. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Tuohy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 7:35 PM Subject: [ILLASALLE] Privacy on the Internet > Dear List Members, > > More and more postings to this list are referring to people who are still > living. Please, please, please, in the interest of those people DO NOT post > anything regarding living people on the Internet!!! > > If you want to share that kind of information with another member of the > list, please just email each other offlist. Even then, please make sure > that you have permission from the person you're writing about before doing > so. > > You've no doubt heard scare stories about identity theft on the Internet. > Anyone with a computer and a modem can look at what you post online, not > necessarily out of interest in genealogy. > > Among genealogists there is a convention called Gen 100, meaning that > information is only shared regarding persons born at least 100 years > ago--therefore, probably no longer living. Can we make that a standard for > posting on this list? > > Sijncerely, > Lynn > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >