It can be a surprise to find your entire working database posted, error and all, on another website. It has happened. One researcher s material was passed on, cousin to cousin, without the compiler s knowledge or consent. Our caring and sharing nature makes us vulnerable. We need to think about the results of these actions.
Sharing is good and technology eases the process.
Unfortunately, honest people are not the only users. Crooks can and do find detailed personal information about us and our living relatives. The public has no legitimate interest in highly objectionable disclosure of private information. The taking of one s name or a likeness by another without consent. Right to avoid false assignment of authorship or association.