[OSM-talk] Adding the full name of a business

Richard Weait richard at weait.com
Tue Sep 28 20:22:36 BST 2010


On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Niklas Cholmkvist <towardsoss at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,

[ ... ]

> 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.
>
> How do you handle this issue when adding doctors or businesses that have
> their full name (first and last name) included?

I use the large overhead sign as guidance, not the small tenant list.
If the large overhead sign includes the name of the practitioner, I
include it in the name= field.



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