i think if you have to invade someone's private/semi-private/personal space to find information of any kind, that information should not be made public. if information is quite obviously public though, i think it's fair game. there comes a point where it's simply the responsibility of artists to keep any sensitive information private / control what information about them is published. i understand on this site we're doing our best to be respectful and not step on toes, but we're also not mindreaders, and i think it'd be a shame to compromise on adding a lot of good information to the site due to constant doubts about whether this or that is kosher or not. and of course, artists can always contact vgmdb about problems.
(this wasn't something i understood or considered when i first contributed here, i would just throw any information up, being a completionist by nature i suppose!)
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