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    1. Privacy
    2. T. Vernon Anderson
    3. Hi to Everyone: I am not too wild about having to share info on all the living individuals who are in my files on the web page. I could be inundated with requests for information. I would have to send it to each individual. What a pain in my neck. That is one of the major reasons I put the files up on the page. So I would not have to send the same info to many individuals. I thought I could tell people to go to the web page and get the info for themselves. That puts some of the responsibility on the person who wants the info. It is very easy to send an e-mail saying, "Send me everything you have." I never reply to those requests. With all the fear of our personal information getting into the wrong hands, how can I share what I have with others. Most of these people I have never met. Hell they could be child molesters, robbers, etc, etc. I know this is doubtful but with all the hysteria??? And we also know that everyone we share with also shares that info with many others. Once you give info to someone else it ceases to be yours. It now belongs to someone else. This is a tough issue and I am not trying to make fun of those who are concerned about it. It is a real serious issue. I think my position on all this will be that I will not share information, on living individuals, with anyone, period!!!! That is the only way I know of to keep myself out of hot water with everyone else. I may even take the position that I do not want any information, from anyone else, on living individuals. I may also stop recording any information on living individuals. Why bother. The last thing I want to do is cause someone else a lot of grief because their personal information is on the internet!!!!!! T. Vernon Anderson [email protected]

    03/31/1999 06:48:18