Getting it right
Finally, less law-geek-speak… So it’s August, which means Ancestry can be expected to come out with its annual updates to its privacy policy and terms of service. Which is why it was no surprise when the email landed in The Legal Genealogist’s inbox:...Reprise: TNSTAAFL
Genealogically speaking… The Legal Genealogist can usually get through 18 months to two years before the issue heats up to boiling again. But it’s boiling over in some online discussion groups so … once more into the breach… You know what the...Ancestry retreats
License term change The date on the newly-updated terms and conditions at Ancestry.com still reads 3 August 2021. But there was a change made after that date. According to Ancestry now, users who upload content to Ancestry still give Ancestry a perpetual and...One big change at Ancestry
A shift in the terms of service UPDATE [6 Aug 2021]: Ancestry has amended its terms, again, to say it didn’t exactly mean it… See here. Ancestry has just updated its terms of service and privacy statement — again — and this time there is a...Plain language from MyHeritage
Privacy update: data won’t be sold It wasn’t a big change in the language of the privacy policy at MyHeritage that just took effect last week. But it’s an important change. In plain, unequivocal language, MyHeritage now states, in capital letters:...Where’s Waldo in Ancestry’s terms
Ancestry’s complex terms of service There’s a great deal of research that’s been done in the past few years about terms of service not being readily understandable by the average adult reader. The view in general is that terms of use, or terms of...About that swiped photograph…
No, we can’t use it like that. Really. There was yet another of Those Conversations on Facebook yesterday. An individual had tried to upload a photograph to FamilySearch, and it had been bounced. The information in the lower right corner — enlarged and...Contract, not copyright
Different laws, different rules If there’s any question that has readers more confused than the “why can’t I use this item from that website” question, The Legal Genealogist doesn’t know what it might be. It’s a question that comes in here...Not so fast!
Read those terms before you click It’s been a few months since The Legal Genealogist focused on terms of use, or terms of service, which means a whole host of user questions have come in with the usual plaint. “But nobody told me that!” Sigh. Yes. They really...Subscribe by Email
