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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (28149)	2/3/2005 4:32:15 PM
From: SI Dave	Read Replies (1) of 90947

I stand corrected. That's not what you said in your PM, and I apologize. As I said in one of my PMs to you, I believe that it's no more than basic civility or common decency to respect one's privacy, and if I'm going to err it's going to be on the side of respecting privacy. To be exact, when someone has themselves made their real identity public, they are no longer protected to the letter of the privacy provisions of the TOU. However, using their real name when they do not wish for it to be used could be construed to be harassment. You won't like this, but I can't definitively illustrate where that line is drawn. If someone adopted an alias 6 or 7 years ago, and neither they nor other members refer to them by their real name, it's entirely reasonable for them to have an expectation to not have their real name used in the public forum, particularly if there is no pressing need by the poster to do so. Obviously, there are an unlimited number of variables in determining where the harassment line is drawn, but I would suggest that it's a relatively easy line to avoid when it comes to privacy.

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