Perhaps it is due to the fact that the participants contributed to the
sightings of the species reported by the authors, who feel obligated
to share the credit. Of course, the flip side is that people may be
more likely to go on future trips if know [of] people who have been on
previous trips.
I don't think many birding participants would have a problem with
being listed [unless something when wrong on the trip]. However,
there may perhaps be a case for tour organisers to give participants
the option to opt out of the list.
Regards, Laurie.
On 22/12/2010, at 6:05 PM, Jonny Schoenjahn wrote:
Hi all
Whilst this is not essentially a bird topic, I wish to raise the
question why group-trip reports on birding-aus sometimes come with a
list of the participants. This includes reports from commercial tours.
Australian privacy law make it clear that prior permission should be
obtained (in writing?) from tour participants before disclosing any
private information about them. The authors of trip reports should
maybe keep this in mind when posting to avoid any unintended
consequences.
Much of the rest of the world, in particular Europe and North
America, is very definite about not disclosing any private
information to anyone, and I think the disclosure of passenger lists
or information about guests or tour participants without explicit
permission would qualify as a breach of the privacy aspect.
Although bird tour operators, pelagic trip organizers etc. probably
don't have to worry about safety issues, as e.g. airlines do, I
wonder why they want to publish the names of participants.
Cheers,
Jonny
Jonny Schoenjahn
Perth WA
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