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Enough with the GDPR!

A promise… This is it. Today is the end of this. After today, NO. MORE. GDPR. Today, The Legal Genealogist will outline what’s been done at this website to try to be ready for today’s effective date of the European Union’s new General Data...

A GDPR favor to ask…

Updating the subscription lists The Legal Genealogist knows. Really. You’re sick and tired of all this… this… this stuff about the GDPR. You may even be using the first two letters to begin other words to describe all the emails you’re getting...

The GDPR, you & me

You’re gonna be hearing about this Loyal readers of The Legal Genealogist, you’re going to get really tired of hearing about the GDPR this week. Just about every website you use, every list you’ve ever signed up for (including a whole bunch...

The casualties of GDPR

Sites shutting down The mandates of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) take effect in just five days, on May 25, and those who — like The Legal Genealogist — provide information to people around the world including within...

GEDmatch sold again

GEDmatch changes hands again in Verogen sale It isn’t mentioned on the website of GEDmatch, the third-party DNA tools site at the heart of much of the early privacy debate over law enforcement use of consumer DNA databases for criminal investigations. And The...

Ancestry updates its terms, 2020

Changes in privacy rules and terms and conditions Yes, Ancestry.com has changed its terms of service and privacy statement. Yes, like most every other customer, The Legal Genealogist got the email about the changes. Yes, probably unlike most every other customer, The...