A friend of mine sent me an email saying that when she typed her name into the Google.com search bar, that her name and address came up. So I also went on Google and typed in my first and last name. I'm in total shock! I've been researching my genealogy for a couple of years now and I've posted probably close to 100 messages on different genealogy sites and every one of them, including my email address is listed there. Isn't this an invasion of my privacy, so to speak, or are we all fair game because this is the internet? Thanks, Joyce

Get an unlisted phone number, then your phone number and snail mail address should not show up. If it is in public domain, it will show. Just a thought. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: [PAMERCER] Invasion Of Privacy? > A friend of mine sent me an email saying that when she typed her name > into the Google.com search bar, that her name and address came up. So I > also went on Google and typed in my first and last name. I'm in total > shock! > I've been researching my genealogy for a couple of years now and I've > posted probably close to 100 messages on different genealogy sites and every > one of them, including my email address is listed there. > Isn't this an invasion of my privacy, so to speak, or are we all fair > game because this is the internet? > Thanks, Joyce > > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > Researching a reverend? Check out our Men of the Cloth website ... preachers, pastors, priests and other clergy in Western Pennsylvania... http://www.rootsweb.com/~papastor >

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Well.... Is your name and address in the Phone Book? Do you complain about that? before the internet, and internet phone books like www.superpages.com anyone could call 411 or 555-1212 and get your address/phone number. Personally it doesnt bother me that my name/address is out there on the net. Thing is, when i did a search for my name/address, i came up with several hundred entries:-) Guess which one is me. there were 20 some in my own area code. Still a tricky project. It shoudlnt be a major problem unless you have some very unusuall name. At 02:23 PM 3/21/2003 -0500, you wrote: > A friend of mine sent me an email saying that when she typed her name >into the Google.com search bar, that her name and address came up. So I >also went on Google and typed in my first and last name. I'm in total >shock! > I've been researching my genealogy for a couple of years now and I've >posted probably close to 100 messages on different genealogy sites and every >one of them, including my email address is listed there. > Isn't this an invasion of my privacy, so to speak, or are we all fair >game because this is the internet? > Thanks, Joyce > > > >==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== >Researching a reverend? Check out our Men of the Cloth website ... preachers, pastors, priests and other clergy in Western Pennsylvania... http://www.rootsweb.com/~papastor -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.1.1 iQIVAwUBPn/q2TI2MqMSaOJCAQIQfQ/9Ff59LaRjkcE0kPBWxRHWD94qTaFFhrg5 xuORMLNiKlY86wwLN8318E1KY2qb4L9qha46CqGKod1XZzFWn0MljnoeBK7Y/aKi n+acnn0mcCs2wUatI9xxb6w6wUzfcEOgp5x8MPesdTaIWOTYUY5RXcgDtnuitTdI k3gEOFKTisgnYJ51LEqFTE7fiBlvYc3wumtJNjS437nLpwPpb7AlKCi9RftP5Y33 kqSrWZdYiL6yg7Gmf8mgzZ6sVl9HyDF93hkfZJIOaVIluN0zHTLP1v2A+3iGbrjv XHle9R6wEfz8r9dMrxpfjRjW+4UAzDNhtfA9XMJDgYxUTxd6h1oh+DijpYxy4M00 OeSbxPU3Sl7yEyixlXZXH7n9DjV/l7cdagE+smOQuKyKEP3CNbfmxIvuh+5CjUmL mMSxYRAZtcF4YzYvUcuHK0H+oMgCoZ/yeqByjEOJJpspFxcCmbUQ0aNY2Sepzl1e EhdYHs+6wLzXi1mGEXo1Qt73Fg7XxWhAabTbPIhGvYCEAndZkwPlfq+j3TjH2+yV tb6Y02w2HTCsGij5cMUBeMK24HGoBAwT1vQjZK2gNWhRJ1TE9uqF5bQBqTQFIyvR bxvXLgAMq8M4p7n7bRdpRWK4iVGCbZrkqT2y9IoTd8/MtKcAs0l6PlNsV23UxW9G 5cJBoKOwRNk= =X3Dl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----