On 29 September 2010 07:31, Niklas Cholmkvist <towards...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm afraid that privacy laws will be breached if I put in the name tag > like this: name="John Johnson - Dentist" or name="Jeff Jefferson - > Otolaryngologist". I once did that, and my friend was so alarmed when > she saw my contributions that she told me to remove them, fearing I > would get in legal trouble later. I told her that maybe I can ask each > doctor before putting their name on the map, if it is ok with them. > Niklas, Privacy laws differ by country, and are generally known to be more strict in Europe than other places. However, I see this as business rather than personal information. Also, if you want to create a searchable system of medical practitioners, you may consider a system like Freebase.com. It is more suited for that kind of application. Tim
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