Your user profile is visible to other users; Ancestry suggests limiting it and using a non-real-name username
Ancestry collects what you put in a user profile: a profile image, your name, username, biography, age, location and linked account usernames. Your profile is visible to other users, so Ancestry suggests limiting this information and using a username different from your real name to protect your privacy.
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This information includes a profile image, your name, username, biography, age, location, and linked account usernames.
Your Ancestry user profile information is visible to other users (defined in our
so consider limiting this information and using a username that is different from your real name to protect your privacy.
Profile Information
Qualifications & exceptions
Visibility applies to other Ancestry users as defined in the Terms and Conditions.
Not stated here
The Terms and Conditions definition of users is not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Profile, tree and third-party demographic data are used to market Ancestry and partner offers, with interest-based ads
Ancestry uses some Personal Information, for example demographic information from third-party sources or from parts of Ancestry such as your profile and trees, to market its own products and offers and those of its business partners. This marketing includes advertising based on your interests. Genetic Information is treated separately and is not used for marketing without your separate, explicit consent.
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We use some Personal Information (for example, demographic information available from third-party sources or from parts of Ancestry (profile, trees, etc.)) to market our products and offers from us or our business partners. This marketing includes advertising based on your interests.
Market Products and Offers from Us or Our Business Partners
Qualifications & exceptions
Genetic Information is excluded from marketing use unless you give separate, explicit consent.
Not stated here
The business partners whose offers are marketed are not named.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
Genetic Information is not shared with marketers, insurers or employers, nor used for ads without explicit consent
Ancestry says it does not share your Genetic Information with third-party marketers, insurance companies or employers. Separately, it will not use your Genetic Information for marketing or personalized advertising unless you give separate, explicit consent. As worded, the consent exception attaches to Ancestry's own marketing use; the no-sharing statement for those three recipient types carries no consent exception in this sentence.
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Ancestry does not share your Genetic Information with third-party marketers, insurance companies, or employers, and we will not use your Genetic Information for marketing or personalized advertising without your separate, explicit consent.
Qualifications & exceptions
Marketing or personalized-advertising use is possible with your separate, explicit consent.
Not stated here
What such a separate, explicit consent would look like is not described.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Ads on third-party platforms rely on legitimate interests; you must set preferences on those platforms
Marketing controls for Ancestry's Related Brands are in each brand's settings, listed on a linked page. For advertising on third-party platforms, Ancestry relies on its own legitimate interests as the legal basis and says you should control your marketing preferences directly on those platforms. The sentence cites "Section 7," which in the numbered contents is the sharing section; the detailed legal-bases list is on a separate linked page that is not supplied.
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Controls for Ancestry’s Related Brands are available through their settings and are listed
For advertising on third-party platforms, we rely on our own legitimate interests as the legal basis (please see
and you should control your marketing preferences directly on those platforms.
Qualifications & exceptions
For third-party platform advertising, preferences are set on those platforms, not through Ancestry.
Not stated here
The Related Brands controls page is not supplied.
The cited Section 7 is the sharing section, which does not itself set out legal bases; the separate legal-bases page is not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
Personal and Genetic Information is shared with third parties only as the sharing table lists or with your consent
Ancestry says it shares your Personal Information, including Genetic Information, with third parties only in the circumstances listed in its sharing table or with your specific consent. The table covers Ancestry group companies, other users, service providers, analytics and advertising partners, research partners, law enforcement, legal process, acquisitions, aggregated data and legacy contacts.
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Ancestry shares your Personal Information (including your Genetic Information) with third parties only as detailed in the table below or with your specific consent.
Qualifications & exceptions
Sharing outside the listed circumstances requires your specific consent.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Your information is shared across the Ancestry group of companies to provide and improve Services
Ancestry shares your information within its group of companies, including Ancestry.com Operations Inc. and the companies on a linked corporate-structure page (the "Ancestry Companies"), to provide and improve its Services. The linked list is not supplied. The next row adds that information, including Genetic Information, moves between the Irish and U.S. companies.
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Ancestry Companies
We share your information within the Ancestry group of companies including Ancestry.com Operations Inc. and the companies listed
to provide and improve our Services.
Not stated here
The full list of Ancestry Companies is on a linked page that is not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Personal and Genetic Information moves between Ancestry's Irish and U.S. companies
Ancestry transfers your Personal Information, including Genetic Information, between its Ireland-based company and its U.S.-based companies. The international transfers section (numbered Section 12) says these transfers rely on mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses or the Data Privacy Framework.
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We transfer your Personal Information (including your Genetic Information) between Ancestry’s Ireland-based company and Ancestry’s U.S.-based companies. For more information on this see
Qualifications & exceptions
Transfer safeguards are described in the international transfers section.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
You can choose to share information with all users, particular users, or people outside Ancestry
As part of using the Services, you can add or share information with all users, or through sharing features with particular Ancestry users and even people who are not Ancestry users. Some Services, such as AncestryDNA, offer additional sharing options.
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As part of your use of the Services, you have the option to add or share information with all users of the Services or, through sharing features, with particular Ancestry users and even non-Ancestry users.
Additional sharing options may be available in some Services, for example AncestryDNA (see below).
Other Users or Others You May Choose to Share With
Qualifications & exceptions
Sharing with other users happens through your choices and sharing features.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Public profiles and public trees are seen by all users; living people in your tree are private by default
Your public profile and public family tree details are visible to all other users. By default, profiles of living people in your tree are visible only to you, to people you share the tree with as "editor," and to people you authorize to view living people. Other information about living people may become visible if it is in a public media gallery or if you publish it outside your tree.
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Information in your public profile(s) will be seen by all other users, as will public family tree details.
By default, profiles of living people in your tree are visible only to you and people with whom you share your tree as “editor” or whom you authorize to view your tree’s living people.
Other information about living people may be visible if included in a public media gallery, or if you choose to publish the information outside your tree.
Qualifications & exceptions
Living-people privacy is a default; it can change through sharing roles, public media galleries or publishing outside the tree.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Your contributions, comments and, with Recent Viewers on, your tree visits can be seen by others
Your activity may be visible depending on how you interact with records or other users' content, for example if you contribute to another user's tree or comment on a record or content. If the Recent Viewers feature is turned on in your account settings, Ancestry may show tree owners that you visited their tree.
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You may share your activity depending on how you interact with Ancestry records or another user’s content, for example, if you contribute to another user’s family tree, or comment on a record or another user’s content.
If the Recent Viewers feature is turned on in your account settings, we may show tree owners you have visited their tree.
Qualifications & exceptions
Tree-visit visibility depends on the Recent Viewers setting being on.
Not stated here
Whether Recent Viewers is on by default is not stated.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
If you opt in to DNA matching, you and matches see usernames, relationships, linked trees, ethnicity and traits
If you opt in to view and be seen by your DNA matches, you and your matches can see certain Personal Information about each other: usernames; how you might be related, including where you might fit in each other's trees; whether you have linked a tree to your DNA; either all or only in-common ancestral regions and journeys (your choice); and your traits unless you opt out of sharing traits.
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If you opt-in to view and be seen by your DNA matches, you and your DNA matches can see certain Personal Information about each other, including:
Your usernames;
How you and your matches might be related including how you might fit within your respective family trees;
Whether you have linked a family tree to your DNA;
Either all or only in-common (at your option) ancestral regions and ancestral journeys; and
Your traits (unless you opt out of sharing traits).
Qualifications & exceptions
Requires opting in to view and be seen by DNA matches.
You choose whether all or only in-common ancestral regions are shown.
Traits are shared unless you opt out of sharing traits.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Sharing your family history or DNA results outside Ancestry is at your own risk
If you share details of your family history or DNA experience outside the Services, Ancestry says you do so at your own risk; its protections do not follow that information.
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If you share details of your family history or DNA experience outside the Services, you do so at your own risk.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Labs, shippers, payment, cloud, marketing analytics, security and support vendors process your data
Ancestry works with other companies to provide and market the Services, and they access or process some of your Personal Information in their systems. Ancestry says they are bound by contractual privacy, security and confidentiality obligations consistent with applicable laws. They include laboratory partners (your Biological Samples), test-kit shippers (name, address, phone), payment processors (payment information), cloud infrastructure providers, vendors for marketing analytics, consumer research, fraud prevention and security (such as email address), communications providers (name, email, phone), and Member Services vendors for phone, chat and surveys (such as Account Information, name or email).
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We work with other companies when providing and marketing the Services. As a result, these companies will have access to or otherwise process your data, including some of your Personal Information, in their systems.
These companies are subject to contractual obligations governing privacy, data security, and confidentiality consistent with applicable laws.
Laboratory partners (such as your Biological Samples);
AncestryDNA test kit shipping providers (such as name, shipping address, and phone number);
Payment processors (such as Payment Information);
Vendors that assist us in marketing analytics and consumer research, fraud prevention, and security (such as email address);
Communications infrastructure providers (such as name, email address, and phone number); and
Vendors that help us provide and improve our Member Services functions, including phone support, chat, or survey tools (such as Account Information, name, and/or email address).
Service Providers
Qualifications & exceptions
Providers are subject to contractual privacy, security and confidentiality obligations.
The examples of data each provider receives are illustrative ("such as").
Not stated here
Specific provider names are not given.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Analytics and advertising partners receive certain personal information to personalize and measure ads
Ancestry works with third-party analytics and advertising partners. By collecting and sharing certain Personal Information, these vendors help personalize ads to your interests, measure ad campaign effectiveness, and serve you more relevant advertising. The U.S. supplement lists the categories shared for targeted advertising and the opt-out choices; Genetic Information is not used for this without separate, explicit consent.
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We work with third-party partners for analytics and advertising purposes. By collecting and sharing certain Personal Information, these vendors help us to better personalize ads to match your interests.
They also help us to measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns and are used to serve you with advertising that is more relevant to you.
Qualifications & exceptions
U.S. residents in some states can opt out of sharing for targeted advertising, including through Global Privacy Control signals.
Not stated here
The specific partners are not named.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
De-identified Genetic Information goes to research partners, including commercial ones, only with research consent
Ancestry shares de-identified Genetic Information with research partners only when you give express consent through the Informed Consent to Research; otherwise your data is not included. Such shared de-identified genetic and phenotypic information is handled in accordance with a cited U.S. federal research regulation (45 C.F.R. Part 46); this analysis does not interpret that regulation. Research partners can be commercial or non-profit organizations, including those developing therapeutics, medical devices or materials to treat, diagnose or predict health conditions, and in some cases Ancestry or a partner may have a financial interest in the arrangement. A linked page lists the partners.
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We share de-identified Genetic Information with research partners only when you provide us with your express consent to do so through our
Unless you agree to the Informed Consent to Research, your data will not be included in the data shared with these researchers.
Any such de-identified genetic information and phenotypic information we share with third parties for research purposes is done in accordance with Part 46 (beginning with Section 46.101) of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Research partners include commercial or non-profit organizations that conduct or support scientific research, the development of therapeutics, medical devices or related material to treat, diagnose or predict health conditions.
In some circumstances, a research partner or Ancestry may have a financial interest in the research arrangement.
Qualifications & exceptions
Only with your express consent through the Informed Consent to Research.
Shared data is de-identified.
Ancestry or a research partner may have a financial interest.
Not stated here
The Informed Consent to Research and the partner list are not supplied.
The content of the cited federal regulation is not supplied or interpreted.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): With research consent, U.S. disclosures to research partners list identifiers and sensitive data — contrast: The main sharing section describes research sharing as de-identified Genetic Information with consent; the U.S. disclosure table lists identifiers among categories disclosed to research partners with consent. The statement does not reconcile the two.
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
Ancestry may share data it believes reasonably necessary for law, legal process, its terms, security or safety
Ancestry may share your Personal Information if it believes doing so is reasonably necessary to comply with applicable laws or valid legal processes such as subpoenas or warrants, to enforce or apply its Terms and Conditions, to protect the security or integrity of the Services, or to protect the rights, property or safety of Ancestry, its employees or users. The test is Ancestry's own belief of reasonable necessity. This sits beside its statement that it does not voluntarily give data to law enforcement.
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We may share your Personal Information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to:
Comply with applicable laws;
Comply with valid legal processes (e.g., subpoenas, warrants);
Enforce or apply our
Protect the security or integrity of the Services; or
Protect the rights, property, or safety of Ancestry, our employees, or users.
Qualifications & exceptions
Based on Ancestry's belief that sharing is reasonably necessary.
Law enforcement access separately requires valid legal process.
Not stated here
The Terms and Conditions are not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
If Ancestry is acquired or goes bankrupt, your data may pass to the buyer, with this statement's promises kept
If Ancestry or its businesses are acquired or transferred, including in bankruptcy or similar proceedings, Ancestry may share your Personal Information with the acquiring or receiving entity. The statement says its promises will continue to apply to your Personal Information transferred to the new entity.
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If Ancestry or its businesses are acquired or transferred (including in connection with bankruptcy or similar proceedings), we may share your Personal Information with the acquiring or receiving entity.
The promises in this Privacy Statement will continue to apply to your Personal Information transferred to the new entity.
Qualifications & exceptions
The promises in this statement continue to apply to transferred information.
Not stated here
How the continuing promises would be enforced against a new owner is not described.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
Aggregated, de-identified data is disclosed in marketing and publications; Ancestry says it will not re-identify it
Ancestry discloses user information in aggregated, de-identified form as part of the Services, its marketing, or scientific publications by Ancestry or its research partners, for example the share of immigrants in a state from a particular region. Ancestry says such disclosures never include Personal Information and that it will not re-identify the data.
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Ancestry discloses user information in an aggregated, de-identified form as part of the Services or our marketing, or in scientific publications published by us or our research partners.
Such disclosure will never include Personal Information, and we will not re-identify it.
Qualifications & exceptions
Disclosed only in aggregated, de-identified form.
Not stated here
The de-identification method is not described.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Ancestry uses cookies and partner integrations for targeted ads; settings and Do Not Track are in the Cookie Policy
Ancestry uses cookies, similar tracking technologies and integrations with third-party marketing and advertising partners to collect data about your interests or behaviors and serve you targeted ads. You can change your settings as described in the Cookie Policy, which also covers "Do Not Track." The Cookie Policy is not supplied, so those settings and Ancestry's Do Not Track response are not described here. U.S. residents have separate opt-out routes, including Global Privacy Control.
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We use cookies and similar tracking technologies and integrations with third party marketing and advertising partners to collect data about your interests or behaviors to serve you targeted ads.
For information on “Do Not Track” please see our Cookie Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
U.S. supplement adds a Do Not Sell or Share page and honors Global Privacy Control signals.
Not stated here
The Cookie Policy, including how Ancestry treats Do Not Track, is not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Your data goes abroad, including to the U.S., Ireland, the U.K. and France, using SCCs or the Data Privacy Framework
Ancestry is a global business and will transfer your Personal Information to countries other than your own, including the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom and France, which may not offer the same level of protection as your home country. The sentence describes these countries as outside the EEA, Switzerland or the United Kingdom, although Ireland, France and the United Kingdom are among the places it names; the practical point is that your data leaves your country. For transfers, including of Genetic Information, from Ancestry's Irish company to its U.S. companies, Ancestry relies on mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses or the Data Privacy Framework, and it remains responsible for data it passes to third parties for processing on its behalf under the Framework's onward-transfer principle.
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We are a global business and will transfer your Personal Information to countries other than your own country, including to the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and France.
These countries, which are outside the EEA, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom may not offer the same level of data protection as in your home country.
When we transfer your Personal Information (including your Genetic Information) between Ancestry’s Ireland-based company and Ancestry’s U.S.-based companies for processing in the United States, we rely on established transfer mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses or the Data Privacy Framework.
Ancestry remains responsible for any of your Personal Information that is shared with third parties for external processing on our behalf under the Accountability for Onward Transfer Principle of the Data Privacy Framework.
Qualifications & exceptions
Ireland-to-U.S. transfers rely on Standard Contractual Clauses or the Data Privacy Framework.
Not stated here
The sentence grouping these countries as outside the EEA, Switzerland or the UK is internally inconsistent; which transfers it means is unclear.
The named transfer mechanisms are not supplied or interpreted.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
U.S. disclosures to other users: identifiers, California records-law data and protected-class traits you disclosed
The U.S. Statement lists categories disclosed for business purposes. To other Ancestry users, where you disclosed it on Ancestry, Ancestry discloses identifiers, personal information described in a cited California Civil Code provision, and characteristics of protected classes.
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16.4 Disclosure of Personal Information for Business Purposes
Ancestry discloses with the following categories of third parties the correlating categories of Personal Information for a business purpose:
Other Ancestry Users (if you disclosed your Personal Information on Ancestry)
Identifiers;
Categories of personal information described in Section 1798.80(e) of the California Civil Code; and
Characteristics of protected classes under applicable state or federal law.
Qualifications & exceptions
Only information you disclosed on Ancestry.
Not stated here
The cited California Civil Code provision is not supplied or interpreted.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
U.S. disclosures to Ancestry Companies cover every category; DNA Data moves only between Ancestry and AncestryDNA
All listed categories are disclosed to the Ancestry Companies: identifiers, California records-law data, protected-class characteristics, commercial information, internet and usage information, geolocation, audio and visual information, inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information. For sensitive information the row says DNA Data only, and only between Ancestry and AncestryDNA.
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Ancestry Companies
Identifiers;
Categories of personal information described in Section 1798.80(e) of the California Civil Code;
Characteristics of protected classes under applicable state or federal law;
Commercial information;
Internet and other usage information;
Geolocation data;
Audio, electronic, visual, and similar information;
Inferences; and
Sensitive Personal Information (DNA Data, only between Ancestry and AncestryDNA).
Qualifications & exceptions
Sensitive Personal Information in this row is limited to DNA Data between Ancestry and AncestryDNA.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
U.S. disclosures to service providers include kit tube codes, and sex at birth and birthdate to labs
To service providers Ancestry discloses identifiers and California records-law data such as email address and Ancestry-generated unique identifiers (such as the DNA kit tube code); protected-class characteristics (self-reported sex at birth and birthdate) to partner laboratories; commercial information; internet and usage information; geolocation; audio and visual information; and inferences.
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Service Providers
Identifiers and categories of personal information described in Section 1798.80(e) of the California Civil Code such as email address and unique personal identifiers generated by Ancestry (tube code);
Characteristics of protected classes under applicable state or federal law (self-reported sex assigned at birth, birthdate) are disclosed to our partner laboratories;
Commercial information;
Internet and other usage information;
Geolocation data;
Audio, electronic, visual, and similar information; and
Inferences.
Qualifications & exceptions
Sex at birth and birthdate go to partner laboratories.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
With research consent, U.S. disclosures to research partners list identifiers and sensitive data
If you agree to the Informed Consent to Research, the U.S. Statement says certain information is disclosed to research partners, listing identifiers, California records-law data, protected-class characteristics, commercial information, internet usage, audio and visual information, inferences and Sensitive Personal Information. The main sharing section describes research sharing as de-identified Genetic Information; this U.S. table lists identifiers among the categories, and the statement does not reconcile the two descriptions.
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Research Partners
certain information is disclosed to research partners, including:
Identifiers;
Categories of personal information described in Section 1798.80(e) of the California Civil Code;
Characteristics of protected classes under applicable state or federal law;
Qualifications & exceptions
Only if you agree to the Informed Consent to Research.
Not stated here
How listing identifiers fits with the main section's description of de-identified research sharing is not explained.
The Informed Consent to Research is not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
The research-partner list also includes purchases, usage, recordings, inferences and sensitive data
Continuing the U.S. list of what is disclosed to research partners when you agree to the Informed Consent to Research: commercial information, internet and usage information, audio, electronic and visual information, inferences, and Sensitive Personal Information.
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Commercial information;
Internet and other usage information;
Audio, electronic, visual, and similar information;
Inferences; and
Sensitive Personal Information.
Qualifications & exceptions
Only if you agree to the Informed Consent to Research.
Not stated here
How these categories relate to the main section's de-identified research sharing is not explained.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Subject to your preferences, identifiers, purchases, usage and inferences go to ad partners for targeted ads
Subject to your preferences, Ancestry shares some Personal Information with marketing and advertising partners for targeted advertising: identifiers, commercial information, internet usage information and inferences. U.S. residents can opt out, including through Global Privacy Control.
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16.5 Disclosure of Personal Information for Targeted Advertising
Subject to your preferences, Ancestry shares some Personal Information with third parties for targeted advertising:
Marketing and Advertising Partners
Identifiers;
Commercial information;
Internet usage information;
Inferences.
Qualifications & exceptions
Subject to your preferences; opt-out is available.
Not stated here
The partners are not named.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
Global Privacy Control and similar signals count as a valid opt-out with no ID or signed permission needed
Ancestry recognizes valid opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, as a valid request from an authorized agent to opt out of targeted advertising and sale or sharing. The signed-permission and ID verification requirements do not apply to these automated signals.
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Opt-Out Preference Signals. We recognize valid opt-out preference signals (such as the Global Privacy Control) as a valid request from an authorized agent to opt out of targeted advertising and sale/sharing. The verification requirements above (such as signed permission or ID) do not apply to these automated signals.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Ancestry uses cookies and ad-partner integrations to measure, target and serve ads
Under the right to opt out of sharing and selling, the U.S. Statement explains that Ancestry uses cookies, similar tracking technologies and integrations with third-party marketing and advertising partners to measure, target and serve advertisements. The opt-out mechanics follow.
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16.6.6 Right to Opt Out of Sharing and Selling. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies and integrations with third party marketing and advertising partners to measure, target, and serve advertisements as further described in this Privacy Statement.
Qualifications & exceptions
U.S. residents in some states can opt out.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
Ancestry says it does not sell personal information and shares it only for targeted advertising
Under some U.S. state laws you have the right to opt out of sharing your Personal Information for online targeted advertising. Ancestry says that, other than for targeted (cross-context behavioral) advertising as described in a cited California Civil Code provision, it does not share your Personal Information and does not sell Personal Information. This statement uses the U.S. legal sense of "share"; it sits alongside the disclosures to service providers, Ancestry Companies and others listed for business purposes. This analysis does not interpret the cited provision.
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Under the laws in some U.S. jurisdictions, you have the right to opt out of our sharing of your Personal Information for online targeted advertising.
Other than in the context of targeting advertising (cross context behavioral advertising), as described in California Civil Code Section 1798.140(ah), Ancestry does not share your Personal Information and does not sell Personal Information.
Qualifications & exceptions
Sharing for targeted advertising does occur unless you opt out.
"Share" here is a U.S. legal term; business-purpose disclosures to service providers and others are listed separately.
Not stated here
The cited California Civil Code provision is not supplied or interpreted.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
Genetic Information is not sold or shared to marketers, insurers or employers, nor used for ads without explicit consent
The U.S. Statement repeats that Ancestry does not sell or share your Genetic Information to or with third-party marketers, insurance companies or employers, and will not use it for marketing or personalized advertising without your explicit consent. The main statement words the consent as "separate, explicit consent."
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Further, Ancestry does not sell or share your Genetic Information to or with third-party marketers, insurance companies, or employers, and we will not use your Genetic Information for marketing or personalized advertising without your explicit consent.
Qualifications & exceptions
Marketing or personalized-advertising use requires your explicit consent.
Opt out on the Do Not Sell or Share page; logged-out choices are per browser and cleared with cookies
To opt out of processing for targeted advertising, use Ancestry's "Do Not Sell or Share my Personal Information/Opt Out of Targeted Advertising" page, linked in the footer of some sites; the Cookie Policy (not supplied) describes other sharing choices. If you are logged out, choices apply only to that browser and device: you must set them on each device, and clearing cookies erases your choice. If you are logged in, Ancestry stores the choice on the device and centrally in your account and syncs it; a choice made while logged out is uploaded when you log in, and if choices conflict the most recent one wins.
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To opt out of the processing of your Personal Information for targeted advertising, please visit our
This page is also linked in the footer of some of our sites.
For logged-out users, these choices are browser and device-specific.
If you clear cookies from the cache in your browser, your “Do Not Sell or Share” preference will be erased, and you’ll need to specify your choice again.
For logged-in users, Ancestry will store your choices both locally on the device and centrally within the Services via your account.
If you are logged out and then log in later, the choice you made while logged out will be uploaded to the Ancestry service and will apply across your account. In the event of a conflict between choices, the most recent choice will prevail.
Qualifications & exceptions
Logged-out choices are per browser and device and are lost if you clear cookies.
When choices conflict, the most recent prevails.
Not stated here
The Cookie Policy is not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
A Global Privacy Control signal opts you out of sale, sharing and targeted ads; untargeted ads may continue
If Ancestry's site detects a Global Privacy Control signal from your browser or plug-in, it treats it as a request to opt out of selling or sharing your Personal Information and of targeted advertising. After opting out through GPC or the opt-out page, you may still see advertising that is not tailored to your Personal Information.
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If our site detects a GPC signal from your device, we will interpret it as a request to opt out of selling or sharing your Personal Information and to opt out of targeted advertising.
we may still deliver advertising to you that is not tailored based on your Personal Information.
Qualifications & exceptions
Non-personalized advertising may still be shown.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
California residents may request yearly disclosure of direct-marketing sharing; Ancestry says it does none
California's "Shine the Light" law (Civil Code section 1798.83) lets California residents request, once a year and free of charge, a list of Personal Information disclosed to third parties for their own direct marketing in the preceding calendar year and the names and addresses of those third parties. Ancestry says it currently does not share any Personal Information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. The statement names the law; this analysis does not interpret it.
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permits users who are California residents to request and obtain from us a list of what Personal Information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year and the names and addresses of those third parties. Requests may be made only once a year and are free of charge.
Under Section 1798.83, Ancestry currently does not share any Personal Information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.