My has been my personal policy is to not publish names of living individuals
on Cemetery surveys and obituaries. If an obituary names survivors, I
usually try to caution the person submitting the obituary. I have the below
statement on the Haralson County page (
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaharals).
"It has been suggested that obituaries dated after 1930 not be posted
hereon. Up until this time we have accepted all obituaries in order to
accommodate you, however, please consider the possible invasion of privacy
of all relatives and use your judgment as to whether or not to submit the
obituary. Also, obituaries printed in newspapers after 1923 are copyrighted
by the newspaper. Please be aware of Copyright Information(link). Facts
are not copyrighted and may be submitted in your own format but not the
exact wording of a published obituary. "
A statewide policy would be good.
Liz Robertson