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

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