Class names - is giving them to parents a safeguarding issue?

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Does your school publish class lists? Our school has stopped doing this for safeguarding reasons. It makes organising parties or getting to know new kids and families very hard. Can anyone tell me how a list of children's names in a school calendar compromises pupils' safeguarding?

I used to be quite happy with my contact details being on a class list for parents, until one cheeky cow passed them all on for advertising mailshots. The school stopped it after that.