This functionality allows users to omit personal data recorded in the database that is not intended for public release from analyses intended for publication. This functionality was coordinated with contacts at the Working Group for Saarland Family History (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für saarländische Familienkunde e. V.), the Association for Local History in the Saarlouis District (Verein für die Heimatkunde im Landkreis Saarlouis e. V.), and the West German Society for Family History (Westdeutsche Gesellschaft für Familienkunde e. V.).
This functionality is disabled by default and can be enabled in the Omega settings under Evaluations | Privacy | Rule .
Generally, all individuals included in the analysis are listed in the report, based on the total amount of data collected, according to the Omega settings for reports . If a data protection rule applies, the scope of the data displayed will be limited.
Two options can be selected in the Omega settings under Evaluations | Privacy | Rule .
Data protection does not apply to individuals who have been deceased for a certain period of time on the reference date. A person is considered deceased if their date of death or burial is recorded and is more than the period specified under Evaluations | Data Protection | Personal | Years since Death (default: 0 years) prior to the reference date. If neither the date of death nor the date of burial is recorded, the person is presumed deceased if more than the period specified under Evaluations | Data Protection | Personal | Years since Birth (default: 110 years) has elapsed since their birth or, alternatively, their baptism. Data protection also does not apply if the date of any of the events (birth, baptism, death, burial) is not recorded.
This corresponds to the rule on page 27 of the recommendations for the development and design of resident registers of the Working Group for Saarland Family History e. V.
The facts are grouped as follows:
In the creation of local family registers , but also in other forms of evaluation, it is thus possible to identify persons who are listed with full data because, for example, they have consented to the publication of their data.
Example: The local family register for the town of Adorf is created based on the signature A All persons who have lived in Adorf are therefore signed with A Persons who would be subject to data protection regulations but have consented to the publication of their data receive the signature A+ . For the creation of the local family register, the signature scheme A* (letter A followed by any remaining text, including empty text) is selected under Evaluations | Evaluation Types | Local Family Register | Include Signatures . Under Evaluations | Data Protection | Exclude Signatures, the signature scheme A+ (letter A followed by a plus sign) is set to exclude persons signed with an additional plus sign from data protection.
In the numbered evaluation formats of local family register, descendant list, and pedigree chart, but not in ancestor list and pedigree chart, the person does not receive their own number. Therefore, they do not constitute a family block, and their descendants are no longer shown in descendant lists and pedigree charts. The person is not included in any lists.
If the person were to appear as a parent, spouse, or partner, the text "Man" or "Woman" would be displayed. If the person were to appear as a child, the text "Son ," "Daughter, " or " Child" would be displayed. No further data is shown. These generic texts are placed in parentheses to indicate that the names are present but have been suppressed for privacy reasons.
The person's full name, a relevant location, their religion, and nothing else are displayed.
The full name of the person is shown, as well as, for each life event (birth, baptism, death, burial, civil and church marriage), only the year and place, and nothing else.
Gender, signatures, and Kekulé numbers are not suppressed. For individuals whose data is suppressed, no religion is displayed. In these cases, this does not mean that the person has the default religion according to the settings.
All family history facts in the respective group (birth/baptism, marriage, or death/burial) are omitted.
For each life event in the respective group (birth/baptism, marriage, or death/burial), only the year and location are shown, and nothing else.
In the case of zwischen/und , the query is for the later date.
Data containing " vor ", nach ", and um are treated like exact data. This may lead to inaccuracies with um and " nach .
The data protection date is limited to the period from 01.01.2000 to 31.12.2047.