In a message dated 8/23/04 9:03:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, librarian@stny.rr.com writes: << The presumption is, based on Confidentiality requirements, that a safe rule to follow is NOT to post any information concerning anyone who has been dead at less than 70 years. >> Yet you can go to many places on the Internet and find out the social security number, address and a few other things on someone that has died this year, They are also starting to put active tax records on the Internet. Rhode Island has already put them up and people are very upset. Anyone in this state can go to the County Clerk's office and look through the tax books and see how much your neighbor pays for taxes and if they are behind. Then there are the newspaper postings of delinquent taxes. There is no more privacy in this country.