Hi everyone, I would like to add to the dialogue by stating that there is a person with the same surname as myself who I have reason to believe is a subscriber to this List, who has published on details of living members of my family including my children, against my wishes. That person has refused to answer emails about this offensive behaviour, and the Internet site has basically washed its hands of the matter, saying that I have to talk to the person who published the tree. This leaves me with little choice to but to join with family members to take legal action against the offending parties if the matter is to be settled. This is a perfect example of how it is NOT alright to publish information about living people without their consent, and is also a case for Internet sites to take a ethically responsible attitude towards addressing issues such as this. Regards John Poxon

Off topic, but... Anything you ever type here, or in any email is handled by server's and ends up in various databases. Nothing you send over the internet is private. If you have for example a hotmail account. All your mail, incoming, outgoing, trash and even deletions, is sitting in their database. Takes one bad apple to release it all anywhere anytime. If you think using the internet protects your privacy, think about it harder. Cheers Tammy Mitchell BC Canada ~~ www.TammyMitchell.com (genealogy) www.CoTyrone.com (genealogy) www.MemorialHiways.com (roadside memorials) On 04/02/2012 5:51 PM, John Poxon wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I would like to add to the dialogue by stating that there is a person with > the same surname as myself who I have reason to believe is a subscriber to > this List, who has published on details of living members of my family > including my children, against my wishes. > > That person has refused to answer emails about this offensive behaviour, and > the Internet site has basically washed its hands of the matter, saying that > I have to talk to the person who published the tree. This leaves me with > little choice to but to join with family members to take legal action > against the offending parties if the matter is to be settled. > > This is a perfect example of how it is NOT alright to publish information > about living people without their consent, and is also a case for Internet > sites to take a ethically responsible attitude towards addressing issues > such as this. > > Regards > > John Poxon > essage

From: "John Poxon" <[email protected]> > I would like to add to the dialogue by stating that there is a > person with the same surname as myself who I have reason to believe is a > subscriber to this List, who has published on details of living members of my > family including my children, against my wishes. > > That person has refused to answer emails about this offensive > behaviour, and the Internet site has basically washed its hands of the matter, > saying that I have to talk to the person who published the tree. This leaves me > with little choice to but to join with family members to take legal action > against the offending parties if the matter is to be settled. > > This is a perfect example of how it is NOT alright to publish > information about living people without their consent, and is also a case for > Internet sites to take a ethically responsible attitude towards addressing > issues such as this.> Don't be so pompous and absurd. All you are actually doing is paying money to a dodgy lawyer (which he will love) to try and suppress something which is in the public domain. Can I spell it out for you? There is no such thing as secrecy and privacy when it comes to someone's birth, marriage and death! These are all items which are entirely matters of fact and public knowledge. They are NOT secret or exclusive possesions belonging to you, or anyone else, alone. They are FACTS of public record to be shared by the whole world. Your birthdate does not belong to you exclusively, any more than does mine. Honestly, I don't understand how people who call themselves family historians can possibly behave like silly little idiots with something to hide. Either we are all democratically in favour of complete openness about our family histories or we are not. If not, then you shouldn't be here at all. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE