[Genealib] RE: Genealogies and privacy

[Angie Wilderman]

We had that situation arise recently with the password protection
question. The primo question is - What is your mother's maiden name? I
told the guy that was the worst question as everyone in the world can
figure that out due to genealogy.

Angie

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Grimshaw, Kathy <Grimshaw at cliftonpl.org> wrote:
> I actually had this issue with my name being included in an on-line
>  family tree. I asked the person who posted my family tree to remove the
>  information about living relatives and replace it with the term
>  "living".
>
>  Maybe I'm paranoid, but I don't want my birth date, place of birth and
>  mother's maiden name posted for the world to see- not because I care if
>  people know how old I am, but because these are pieces of information
>  commonly used as security questions by financial institutions, and in
>  this age of identity theft, I would prefer to make it has hard as
>  possible for someone to get my personal info.
>
>
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Angie Wilderman
Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia
PO Box 40
Chesterfield, VA 23832