The privacy of individuals has been part of my business for many years as we used actual people for testimonial ads. We've photographed people along with their collections of "whatever" and they were concerned about being targeted for theft. So instead of us informing 20,000 members of the NMRA or 5,000 in the NASG, we sent out 2 million copies to anybody in the area. It's one thing for any of us to travel to Jersey and steal Bill Lane's Shay, but if he's featured in USA Weekend edition issue, his odds of becoming a victim have now increased. You can find all kinds of data on line on most people.
When we had the national NMRA here in 87 (?), I asked if anybody had been the victim of theft. Of course I was told we can trust fellow modelers, but one gentlemen said someone had stolen a Shay from his layout. One of the first times I was on the tour, I had some guy with a video camera get into every nook and cranny so that it made me uncomfortable. Now add in all these electronic devices for computer spying, one has to be alert for all kinds of things that were supposed to make life easier! Bob Werre > Hi Ed; > > As I recall, NASG asks a member each year if his information is to be > included in the published directory, which certainly seems to imply > consent for some level of dissemination. Unless someone forwards > information that was not published, it should be OK. > > An even "safer" option would be to get permission of the person > seeking contacts, and forward his contact info to the members in the > area. They can then get in touch, or not as they prefer. I would hope > someone among them would be interested enough in a fellow S scale > modeler to send an email or make a phone call. > > Pieter E. Roos > > --- On Mon, 8/1/11, Ed <[email protected] > <mailto:Loizeaux%40SBCGlobal.net>> wrote: > > > > If you contact me directly, I > > will pass > > > along their emails and or/ addresses. > > > Bill Winans > > > > Bill..... > > > > Before you pass out information pertaining to other S scale > > guys, you might want to read the President's Message in the > > current issue of the NMRA Magazine. It talks in detail > > about the new privacy laws that are rapidly developing and > > their impact on the NMRA and membership listings and so > > forth. To put things in a nutshell, privacy laws are > > rapidly catching up with modern technology and things are > > changing. The NMRA has already dealt with one lawsuit > > regarding privacy from an unhappy member whose name and > > contact information was given out to someone else without > > his specific authorization. > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
