Is there any legal precedent that can be used to force websites (such as genealogy.com) to remove my personal information. This is information that I did not provide to them, and I do not want posted for security reasons.
2007-09-28 21:52:16 · 2 answers · asked by rakesh s 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It's Public Information.
2007-09-28 22:00:25 · answer #1 · answered by Ronko 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most people who work on their genealogy clean their files before uploading to remove private information of living individuals. I did not understand this in the early days of my hobby and I have gone and removed or updated the files I submitted in my first uploads.
If you find your name in a file, contact the submitter and they will probably remove it for you themselves. People into genealogy do so as they are interested in family and wouldnt be upset if they were contacted on this. It would have been a lack of understanding by someone new or an oversite that a more seasoned genealogist would be horrified to see they had left it in.
I read genealogy.com's privacy statement and they run information through a program to try and remove names of living or presumed living individuals. As they understand this is an issue, if you contact them at www.genealogy.com/help they will most likely assist you in editing this information.
If they failed to edit, I would think it could be considered negligence as it is a widely acknowledged problem that the genealogy community is making efforts to respond to.
2007-09-29 12:24:21 · answer #2 · answered by Brenda A 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋