On Wednesday, May 24, 2000, Fayette County <FayetteCounty(a)cinci.rr.com> wrote:
During a privacy hearing Thursday before a House Judiciary
subcommittee,
Rep. Ed Pease (R-Ind.) said the growing number of websites that allow
people to trace their families' history was a threat that called
for legislative action.
"There are some commercial ventures now providing information on this
subject ... oftentimes genealogical information involves a mother's maiden
name, and that is often used by many as a password," Pease said.
My solution to this is to request the credit card company (or whomever) to *not* use my
mother's maiden name as a password. It's not like it's ever been private
information. Geez...
In any case, I avoid including information about living people in my published
genealogical material, which does hide maiden names.
I still see many people who publish names and connections but no details, and this does
have an impact on privacy; not everyone wishes to have their parental history
disseminated.
Unfortunately I also see many people who publish the birth dates, etc. of their living
children...scary!
S R C A
cott obert ranston nderson
phssra(a)physics.emory.edu
USGenWeb Coordinator,
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/oh/county/guernsey/