BDM restrictions

[Corkscrew]

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We believe that the new “Historical Information” restrictions will also retrospectively apply to any BMD Index info that is/has been published on any website or intranet site.

This means that information posted for lookups must be as follows:
Birth: must be 100+ years ago
Marriage: 80+ years
Death: if the death occurred 50+ years ago OR the person was born 80+ years ago.

Any information that does not comply with these time restrictions will be deleted immediately.
We will also need to delete all information on completed posts that does not comply.

These are radical changes to what we have been used to doing in the past.
Your help in this matter to keep RootsChat “within the law” would be appreciated.


Bren
Moderator, NZ Board

I am a little confused by this statement on the top of the board and before I go off making requests and becoming frustrated because they are being deleted can I just get some clarification; if the person I am requesting information was, say married in 1954, is the above saying it would be illegal to post this information? 

[Thamesite2017]

We couldn't give you that info after a 1929 marriage
unless by PM, then legality of should we even pass it on that way
Unless we had it froma nother source other than BMD records

But really it probably isn't such a big deal in some respects in terems of privacy...you can ususally answer whether you should give the info...could the person still be alive??
Look forward to what others have to say

Remember the law has not be tested, but I guess none of us wants to be the guines pig 
Bye
Althea