Living people on the 1939 register

[Annie65115]

I thought that entries on the 1939 register were only available to view if the person was by now dead.

However I've just realised that my mum's details have been opened - and she's still very much alive.

Can this be altered, and her details redacted again?

[Jebber]

Sometimes mistakes do happen.  You don’t say on which site you saw this, if it was Findmypast, on provision of proof they will redact her. I can’t say about Ancestry.

[JenB]

if it was Findmypast, on provision of proof they will redact her.

When I discovered that my aunts details had been uncovered while she was still alive I contacted FindMyPast and asked them to supply me with the information they had used to uncover her details, in view of the fact that I’d seen her only a few days previously, and she was very much alive.

Her entry was redacted pretty rapidly.

[Annie65115]

Sometimes mistakes do happen.  You don’t say on which site you saw this, if it was Findmypast, on provision of proof they will redact her. I can’t say about Ancestry.

What sort of proof do they demand?!

[Annie65115]

 

Now this is silly.

I cannot submit a request to FindMyPast without supplying "proof of life", which they suggest needs to be a copy of passport or driving licence with a signature.

My mother is elderly, has no scanner, is not confident with a computer, and I cannot access the hard copies of the suggested documents - and even if i could, I would not want to send such items to an unknown person in an office, just so that they can correct an error generated by their employer.

Surely, as the record has been opened in contravention of the DPA, the onus is on the companies to provide proof that this is appropriate -- ie proof of death --rather than on me to try to provide proof of life?! Never mind the fact that seeing a copy of a passport doesn't prove that anyone is alive!

[JenB]

Have you read my reply#2?

Simply do what I did. Ask them to provide you with the proof they used to uncover the record.

[Annie65115]

JenB, I've sent them an email basically saying this. I can't use the "report an error" form anyway because it wont send without the mandated "proof of life!"

[JenB]

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=820898.msg6834005#msg6834005

[BumbleB]

My sincere apologies for this BUT - what has your mother got to hide?  Sorry I cannot understand why someone would wish to be hidden away, unless    After all we are talking about information that was taken 82 years ago.

Unfortunately I'm not old enough be appear on the 1939, but I certainly would have no problem with my record being available - we're not talking about current information, are we?