Timeline for What are our options when dealing with personal information?
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| Oct 12, 2012 at 17:34 | comment | added | ACProctor | How would you know that data such as a phone no., address, SSN, etc., were real and not simply some invented ones for the purpose of illustration? I realise that the context of the post will indicate this in most cases, but maybe not all. | |
| Oct 12, 2012 at 8:04 | answer | added | Justin808 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 11, 2012 at 4:41 | comment | added | Rob Hoare | certainly a poster could post as much of their own information as they want. But the privacy laws in many countries (most relevant to this group: Canada, UK, Australia) do restrict what can be published about others without their permission. Identity theft is a problem everywhere, but outside the US identifying numbers (SIN, NI, TFN) are not always required for credit - just a name and birthdate (and the address is then easy to find). What is public in the US may not be acceptable as being public in other countries (and v.v. - Sweden and others publish tax returns online!). | |
| Oct 11, 2012 at 3:44 | vote | accept | Justin808 | ||
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| Oct 11, 2012 at 3:44 | comment | added | Justin808 | @RobHoare - I think taking such a hard line will make the site much less useful. The only reason I brought up the topic was identity theft concerns. Names, Locations, Dates, etc. can all be found elsewhere on the web. Given the topic of this site some personal information may be required and should be up to the poster's discretion as to post it or not. | |
| Oct 11, 2012 at 3:29 | comment | added | Rob Hoare | I've asked something similar at meta.genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/65/… - but more related to those looking for such personal information (and whether we should have a rule in place, before it happens). You mention "names and locations" are fine in your opinion, but I'd disagree with that - there should be nothing to identify potentially living people, at all. | |
| Oct 10, 2012 at 5:24 | answer | added | jmort253 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 10, 2012 at 4:59 | history | asked | Justin808 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |