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

[Tim McNamara]

On 29 September 2010 07:31, Niklas Cholmkvist <towardsoss at 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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