Originally Posted by
Floatsflyer
Glory,
You posted this reminder in response to Tom Bush posting a number of websites about Mark van Wyk. You even underlined the part of "invasive of a person's privacy" for emphasis as not being allowed. I take exception to you doing this in this instance. This was not at all necessary or correct to do as Tom was neither invading Mark's privacy nor invasive of his privacy. Neither was Tom acting in a malicious or discrediting manner whatsoever. And furthermore there is nothing legally, morally or ethically reprehensible about disclosing any of this stuff-- it's already out there on the Internet to be accessed and consumed by anyone wishing to.
Tom posted Mark's information on Facebook, LinkedIn, South County Pilots, and a letter to the editor of the Los Banco Enterprise. Even more importantly than what I've said in the above paragraph, do I really need to remind you or others that Mark, of his own free will, chose to share all this information and his opinion on these internet sites just like he has now chosen of his own free will to share his information including his SSN for the new YE policy.
The FAA pilot certificate info is of a public nature on a public site. Tom could have gone even further and posted Mark's aircraft ownership info from the, once again, public FAA civil aircraft registry. All this FAA info has been public and accessible for many, many, many decades. Just because it's now on a medium called the Internet doesn't mean it's any less public.