I find that the DPA is quoted far too often these days. Every person in the UK registered to vote is on a list which is freely available. Telephone directories are freely available. How can anyone's name and address be secret these days? Brian Binns -----Original Message----- From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ListMail Sent: 21 April 2009 23:22 To: nottsgen Subject: Re: [NTT] Fw: Re: Living and data protection It is generally accepted that the Rootsweb guidelines are followed and details for those born in the last 100 years are not posted to the list. Most abide by this. Asking if anyone knows of the X family who lived at 10 Anywhere Lane, Anytown in the 1950s and invite private replies would seem to be outside the guidelines. One needs to read the DPA to see what it actually provides, rather than believe the construction many place on it. If one wants total privacy then lobby for all government and private databases to wiped clean. Keith Wellington, NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "P WILLIAMS" <p.williams352@btinternet.com> To: "nottsgen" <nottsgen-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:07 AM Subject: [NTT] Fw: Re: Living and data protection Hi All I don't wish to put any spokes in the wheel so to speak, but are we 100% sure that we should give out living people's details on our lists. I work for the Government and under our DPA rules we are not allowed to give out any details unless prior consent from the person in question. I know there is a great deal to be found about anybody these days, if we search hard enough, but we have to remember that security for what ever reason is of the utmost importance, especially in our current climate. We, at our place of work have procedures to follow even if the police require information, we must remember that Loan Sharks and Debt Collectors all have devious ways of tracing people and may use even this list as a way of tracking a person down. In no way am I saying that this is the case, but are we sure? I'm sorry, to be a spoil sport in all of this, but would it be better if we could advise the person on how to trace rather than pass any relevant information on. For example 192.com. All the Best Pat Williams Notts Surname List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Notts Surname List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not everyone is registered to vote - I have a son who refused to return the form for many years and he isn't the only person I know that won't give their details. You can ask that your details are withheld from the general register on display at Libraries etc - something you can request on the form itself Not everyone appears in the phone book - I don't and I've had a phone at home for over 25 years without an entry in the local directory. If I get a request for data on a living person I give the requestor the information on how to find this themselves, including suggesting they try writing to the local newspaper(s) who are often willing to run a letter or small article requesting people to get in contact. I also mention the various agencies whose role it is to locate missing people. The GRO index is available to everyone and local libraries with a local studies section often keep copies of old newspapers in their archive collection. As several listers have already pointed out there is an awful lot of data about the general public already recorded and available if you know where to look for it; requestors should be able to discover the information they want for themselves once aware of those sources. Regards, Dot Dorothy Holden Dover Kent England There are three things that can never be retrieved- the spoken word, time past and the neglected opportunity I volunteer for the Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness website www.raogk.org

I agree here. Lets not be to pedantic about this. If something does occur, well deal with it when arises. Lets use some common sense. hugh listowner papatoetoe, new zealand facebook: http://profile.to/hughwinters Dan Quayle <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/dan_quayle.html> - "I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix." 2009/4/22 Brian Binns <bnbinns@gmail.com> > I find that the DPA is quoted far too often these days. > Every person in the UK registered to vote is on a list which is freely > available. Telephone directories are freely available. > How can anyone's name and address be secret these days? > > Brian Binns > >