Your Privacy updated December 10, 2007
Your privacy, and that of your family, is important to Geni.com. You can find our full privacy policy below. The bottom line is that your family network on Geni is designed to be private. Here's how it works:
Tree Privacy
- Only the people in your family tree can log in to your tree. No one outside your tree can see your tree unless it is shared by someone in the tree.
Profile Privacy
- Only the people in your family tree and your invited friends can see your individual profile.
- You can block anyone in your tree from viewing your individual profile or messaging you.
- Your friends can see your profile, but they can't see your tree or your family's profiles.
- You can further restrict what information appears on your profile in your account settings.
Search Privacy
- By default, the names of users are publicly searchable, but you can opt out in your account settings. (Your search result includes only your name, profile photo, and city, so relatives and friends can find you.)
- When you add deceased people to your tree, their names are publicly searchable by default, but you can change this in your account settings.
- When you add living people to your tree, they remain hidden from public search unless you make them visible.
- Minors are never searchable by anyone outside your tree.
Email Privacy
- We will not provide any user's personal information to advertisers or third parties. This includes your email address and the email addresses of those you invite.
- We will not spam you or your relatives. Detailed notification settings allow you to control which emails you receive from us.