Legal rules vary considerably from one jurisdiction to the next. It is
important to be conscious of them, but I don't think that it's necessary
to adhere to the most extreme ones in jurisdictions with which we have
little if any connection.
One needs to start from a common sense pragmatic policy position which
develops carefully as the project grows. Different information may be
subject to different standards. .
Ec
Benjamin Webb wrote:
Perhaps you are right, but the thing I like about
Rodovid is that you
can create your family tree, and in order to do that you must add
yourself, who is obviously living, and also your parents, who are
likely to be as well.
What legal rules are there, because they are most important and must
be implemented as soon as possible. An additional policy can be
decided on later.
On 31/03/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
>Simply asking a person's permission would simply lead to chaos. The
>person whom you ask may agree, but his brother may not. A 110 year rule
>may be a little excessive. The US census, for example, is in the public
>domain after 72 years. BMD announcements in newspapers are all a matter
>of public record; telephone directories, property tax records and the
>Social Security Death Index are all publicly available sources of
>information.
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