Hi Jesse,
I can't speak for the Church as a whole, but I know that in the Netherlands the Church would have to get permission of each individual (bishop, stake president, etceteras) involved to post any information about name and telephone number on a publicly accessible website because of local privacy laws. Note that whenever I moved I just asked my local bishop which ward/stake I would be in and I would request the phone number from them. And I never had a problem getting it. Manfred From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Welch Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:48 PM To: LDS Open Source Software Subject: Re: [Ldsoss] Wards and Stakes Jesse Stay wrote: I am curious, though, the reasoning for protecting just the names of the Wards and Stakes? Is anyone aware of why this would be protected outside of personal use? I understand personal data, but I would think allowing publication of Ward and Stakes, and even locations would be beneficial in spreading the word even further on where your local LDS congregation meets. Is there a file anywhere I can get this from without violating the Church's EULA through scraping Mormon.org? My only other option is to have users type in their Wards and Stakes, which bring in chances for inaccuracies. It is very difficult to anticipate all of the types of data and uses that people can think of when wanting to use data generated by the Church. I don't know if the Church would have a problem using the ward and stake names data but I would recommend that you contact the membership department to find out. Tom _____ NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
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