Forum:Policy on Living people

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I don't know if I read of a policy here on privacy issues regarding currently living people. Anyone doing Genealogy research knows how easy it is to find info on living people, but just the same, I personally decline to do anthing more than refer to someone by the first name "Living", birth year & parents. I only give full info only on deceased relatives.

I know the idea of wikia's are to promote community, but it seems to me that only a living individual should be able to add full info their article.

Whole can of worms there, and I don't really care when you come up with a policy, or do I really care to participate in deciding what it is. But it's an issue to think about, and be clear on regarding notices. That is- We have DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED... warning and right by that warning we should have one on private info.

-Mak 21:41, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

I think it's about 6 months since we discussed this subject. "Social Security Numbers" was the specific subject at that time. Maybe Bill remembers more detail. Robin Patterson 02:01, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

There it is, just down the forum list, 3 months back: Forum:Social Security Numbers; touches on a number of other aspects of privacy and how we encourage it. Robin Patterson 14:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)