[Ldsoss] Re: HT and VT Tool

[Manfred Riem]

Hi Tom,
 
Having dealt with an issue in the past concerning the Membership record I
can say that
really depends on the country of residence. At the time I was in Holland and
there an 
individual can request access to any record pertaining to them or minors in
their care.
The law there even goes as far as allowing access to the other spouse record
if the
individual is mentioned on it. Note that I say ACCESS, so handing out is not
really the
issue.
 
How it is here I do not know. I guess it comes down to the privacy policy
the church
has in place for each country ;)
 
Manfred
 
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From: ldsoss-bounces at lists.ldsoss.org
[mailto:ldsoss-bounces at lists.ldsoss.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Haws
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 12:09 PM
To: LDS Open Source Software
Subject: Re: [Ldsoss] Re: HT and VT Tool


I have heard it called confidential, but for the life of me I can't fathom
why.  Maybe like the Social Security number, some people are just touchy
about such things.

On that subject, I recently got a message on MLS pointing out that the
Individual Ordinance Summary is for handing out to a member, but the
Membership record is NOT.  But again, for the life of me, I haven't yet
discerned any difference between them.  And I certainly can't figure out any
moral justification for keeping information on people that they aren't
permitted to access.  Does anybody have any insight on this? 

Tom


On 5/22/07, Slide <slide.o.mix at gmail.com> wrote: 

On 5/22/07, Bill Pringle <wrp103 at psu.edu> wrote:
> The CSV files from MLS also contain the membership IDs, which is a
> permanent identification.  That is what you can use and never 
> change.  The internal ID value seems fairly stable, but I only use it
> to match up the HT/VT and Organization records with the Membership
> records.  I have defined an auxiliary file that I use for my 
> program.  This file contains the membership ID along with any other
> information I want to keep (like cell phones and e-mail for each
> member)  By comparing the auxiliary file with the import, I can tell 
> who is new and who is no longer on the records.
>


Isn't the MRN confidential information though? That is why I wasn't
storing it or using it.

slide
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