Cookie Policy
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Ancestry Cookie Policy
This Cookie policy describes how Ancestry uses cookies and other similar technologies, such as pixels and local storage objects (which we refer to collectively as “Cookies”) in connection with its Services. Any capitalized term used and not otherwise defined below has the meaning assigned to it in our [Privacy Statement](https://www.ancestry.com/c/legal/privacystatement).
- "Cookies" in this policy also covers pixels, local storage and similar technologies Data Access & Collection
What is a Cookie?
Cookies are small text files, stored in your browser or on your hard drive, that allow us to differentiate between you and other visitors. Most sites you visit use Cookies to improve your online experience - and we are no different. They help site providers with things like remembering a user’s login details, storing site preferences and understanding how a user interacts with a site.
- Cookies are small files that let Ancestry tell you apart from other visitors Data Access & Collection
How does Ancestry use Cookies?
We use Cookies in accordance with our [Privacy Statement](https://www.ancestry.com/c/legal/privacystatement) to:
- Ancestry uses Cookies for site function, fraud prevention, usage analysis, preferences and advertising Use & Processing
- ensure that our Services function properly;
- detect and prevent fraud;
- understand how visitors use and engage with our site;
- set your preferences;
- deliver relevant advertising; and
- analyze and improve Services.
Who sets Cookies when I use Ancestry’s Services?
There are two main types of Cookies that can be set:
- First-party Cookies are placed by Ancestry and may include its Service Providers' Cookies Data Access & Collection
- First party Cookies: these Cookies are placed by Ancestry directly when you use our Services. First party Cookies may include Cookies from Service Providers.
- First-party Cookies are placed by Ancestry and may include its Service Providers' Cookies Data Access & Collection
- Third party Cookies: these Cookies do not belong to Ancestry. They are owned by other companies, like Google or YouTube, and are used for site analytics and advertising purposes. See further details below on how to manage these Cookies. Third-party Cookies will be providing a service to Ancestry or a function to us but Ancestry cannot control how those third-party Cookies are used.
There are many benefits to using Cookies. For example, every time you visit our site we can log you in automatically, and remember your preferences. Plus, we can keep you logged in as you move around the site and give you a personal experience.
- Cookies let Ancestry log you in automatically and keep you logged in across the site Account & Service Control
What Cookies does Ancestry use?
Categories of Use Description
Necessary Necessary Cookies are essential for the operation of our Services. These Cookies do things like ensure that your password works and you stay logged in when you move between pages on the website and help the website to remember details like what is in your shopping cart or how far you are through an order. Necessary Cookies cannot be removed or turned off.
- Necessary Cookies cannot be removed or turned off Use & Processing
We use those Cookies in a number of different ways, including:
- Necessary Cookies are used for login state, fraud detection and data security Security & Safeguards
- Authentication – To remember your login state so you don’t have to log in as you navigate through our websites.
- Necessary Cookies are used for login state, fraud detection and data security Security & Safeguards
- Fraud Prevention and Detection – To help us monitor for and detect potentially harmful or illegal use of our Services.
- Necessary Cookies are used for login state, fraud detection and data security Security & Safeguards
- Security – To protect your data from unauthorized access.
- Necessary Cookies are used for login state, fraud detection and data security Security & Safeguards
Analytics Analytics Cookies help us understand how users interact with our Services. We use those Cookies to analyze and improve our Services. Analytics Cookies help us understand how people reach our website and they give us insights into improvements or enhancements we need to make to our Services.
We use them to improve how our site works, understand what interests our users, and measure content effectiveness.
Advertising
- Advertising Cookies are used to understand your interests and show more relevant ads Inference & Profiling
Advertising Cookies are used to better understand your interests and show you ads from Ancestry and our third-party advertising partners that are more relevant to you. Advertising Cookies may be used to share data with advertisers (also referred to as online behavioral advertising) allowing them to track your activity data across our websites and other sites, which may be used to build a profile of your interests and target content to you across third party sites.
- Advertising Cookies are used to understand your interests and show more relevant ads Inference & Profiling
- Advertising Cookies may share data with advertisers who track you across sites and build an interest profile Sharing & Disclosure
Advertising Cookies also allow you to share certain pages with social networks (e.g. the “like”, “share” button on our website.)
- Advertising Cookies also power social "like" and "share" buttons Sharing & Disclosure
These Cookies limit the number of times you see an advertisement. We work with third parties who do this for us and we may, in limited circumstances, also place ads around our related brands’ sites.
- Advertising Cookies cap ad repetition; third parties help, and ads may appear on related brands' sites Sharing & Disclosure
Functional / Preference These Cookies allow our site to operate at its best and remember your preferences when you have an account with us (such as your username, language or the region you are in). They also help us to understand how our site is used so that we can measure and improve its performance.
- Functional / Preference Cookies remember account settings such as username, language and region Account & Service Control
What other tracking technologies are used?
Categories Description
Pixels A pixel (a.k.a, web beacons, action tags) is a tiny image that may be found within web pages and emails, requiring a call (which provides device and visit information) to our servers in order for the pixel to be rendered in those web pages and emails. We use pixels to learn more about your interactions with email content or web content, such as whether you opened an email or interacted with ads. Pixels can also allow us and third parties to place Cookies on your browser.
- Pixels in web pages and emails report device and visit details and show whether you opened an email Data Access & Collection
Local Storage Local storage enables a website or application to store information locally on your device(s). Local storage may be used to improve the Ancestry experience, for example, by enabling features, remembering your preferences and speeding up site functionality.
- Local storage keeps information on your device to enable features, remember preferences and speed up the site Data Access & Collection
SDKs A software development kit, or SDK, is a downloadable software package used in mobile applications. A typical SDK may contain APIs which are pre-defined pieces of code that help you perform common programming tasks on the platform or other tools that help us do things like debug, build, run, and test our mobile apps.
- Ancestry's mobile apps use SDKs, described only in general terms Data Access & Collection
What Cookies does Ancestry use?
Ancestry’s Cookies [table](https://www.ancestry.com/c/legal/cookie-table) lists first and third-party Cookies on our sites, together with our partners. Please note that the names of Cookies, pixels and other technologies may change over time and we will update our resources when that happens.
- A separate Cookie table lists individual first- and third-party Cookies; names may change Data Access & Collection
How do I manage my Cookies?
- You can use
- Alternatively you can set your browser to block Cookies. Please check your browser for instructions on how to do this or follow the instructions below to understand your options. If you choose to disable Cookies, some features of our site and Services may not operate as intended. cookie. Each browser works differently, but here are instructions on how to manage your Cookies, using some of the browsers we support:
- You can set your browser to block Cookies, but parts of the site may then not work Data Access & Collection
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
to manage your Ancestry Cookie preferences at any time. Depending on your location, you can review and manage your cookie preferences for Know Your Pet DNA, Newspapers.com, and similar Ancestry services by following the Do Not Sell or Share link or GDPR link at the bottom of the website for the relevant service.
- You can manage Ancestry Cookie preferences at any time; other Ancestry services use a site-footer link Data Access & Collection
- [Internet Explorer](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- [Safari](https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- [Mozilla Firefox](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-third-party-cookies)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- [Opera](https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences#cookies)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- [Google Chrome](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- [Brave](https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022806212-How-do-I-use-Shields-while-browsing-)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- [Microsoft Edge](https://support.microsoft.com/en-ie/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- You can use
- Alternatively you can set your browser to block Cookies. Please check your browser for instructions on how to do this or follow the instructions below to understand your options. If you choose to disable Cookies, some features of our site and Services may not operate as intended. cookie. Each browser works differently, but here are instructions on how to manage your Cookies, using some of the browsers we support :
- You can set your browser to block Cookies, but parts of the site may then not work Data Access & Collection
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
to manage your Cookie preferences at any time.
- You can manage Ancestry Cookie preferences at any time; other Ancestry services use a site-footer link Data Access & Collection
- Internet Explorer – [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- Safari – [https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac](https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- Mozilla Firefox – [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-third-party-cookies](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-third-party-cookies)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- Opera – [https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences#cookies](https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences#cookies)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- Google Chrome – [https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- Brave – [https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022806212-How-do-I-use-Shields-while-browsing-](https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022806212-How-do-I-use-Shields-while-browsing-)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- Microsoft Edge – [https://support.microsoft.com/en-ie/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy](https://support.microsoft.com/en-ie/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy)
- Ancestry links to cookie-management help for seven browsers Data Access & Collection
- Third-party opt-out settings available in our [Cookie table](https://www.ancestry.com/c/legal/cookie-table).
- Third-party opt-out settings are listed in the separate Cookie table Sharing & Disclosure
Please note: If you change your browser settings to block all Cookies, or if you switch off certain Cookies, you may not be able to access some or all parts of our site and the site may not work as intended.
- Blocking or deleting Cookies can break the site and may mean re-setting your preferences Data Access & Collection
In addition, if you delete, block or otherwise restrict Cookies, or if you use a different device or internet browser, you may need to renew your preferences again.
- Blocking or deleting Cookies can break the site and may mean re-setting your preferences Data Access & Collection
Generally, you can find out more about Cookies and get advice discovering what Cookies have been set and how you can manage and delete them at [http://www.allaboutCookies.org](http://www.allaboutCookies.org).
- Ancestry points to allaboutcookies.org for general cookie advice Data Access & Collection
Do-Not-Track Disclosure
Ancestry notes that although we do our best to honor your privacy preferences, and have implemented industry standard safeguards as described above, we do not respond to Do-Not-Track signals from your browser at this time due to the lack of an established industry standard.
- Ancestry does not respond to browser Do-Not-Track signals Data Access & Collection
Other helpful resources
To learn more about advertisers' use of Cookies we encourage you to view the following:
- Ancestry points to ad-industry sites (NAI, YourAdChoices, EDAA, IAB) on advertisers' use of Cookies Sharing & Disclosure
- [https://thenai.org/about-online-advertising/](https://thenai.org/about-online-advertising)
- [https://youradchoices.com/control](https://youradchoices.com/control)
- [European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EU)](https://www.youronlinechoices.eu)
- [Internet Advertising Bureau (US)](https://www.iab.net)
- [Internet Advertising Bureau (EU)](https://www.iabeurope.eu)
If you have any questions regarding Ancestry’s Cookie Policy please email [email protected].
- Questions about the Cookie Policy go to Ancestry by email; the address is not in the saved text Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Date of last revision: 23 April 2024
- The Cookie Policy was last revised on 23 April 2024 Legal Rights & Agreement Rules