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| 0 | Terms and Conditions - Ancestry.com Skip Ancestry main menu Main Menu Home Trees Search Memories DNA Explore Subscribe Cart 0 Sign In Home Memories Loading Loading Support Center Ancestry Academy Community Hire an expert Site Status English Legal termsandconditions Terms and Conditions - Ancestry.com Ancestry Terms and Conditions Language English Česky Dansk Deutsch Eesti Español Français Hrvatski Íslenska Italiano Latviešu Lietuvių Magyar Malti Nederlands Norsk Polskie Português Português (Brasil) Română Shqip Slovenčina Slovensko Suomi Svenska Türkçe Ελληνικά Български Հայերեն ქართული 한국어 Effective Date: 18 August 2025 Summary of Changes This summary is intended to help you better understand recent changes to the Ancestry Terms and how the changes may impact you. | 0 | Terms and Conditions - Ancestry.com Skip Ancestry main menu Main Menu Home Trees Search Explore Memories DNA Subscribe Cart 0 Sign In Home Memories Loading Loading Support Center Ancestry Academy Community Hire an expert Site Status English Legal termsandconditions Terms and Conditions - Ancestry.com Ancestry Terms and Conditions Language English Česky Dansk Deutsch Eesti Español Français Hrvatski Íslenska Italiano Latviešu Lietuvių Magyar Malti Nederlands Norsk Polskie Português Português (Brasil) Română Shqip Slovenčina Slovensko Suomi Svenska Türkçe Ελληνικά Български Հայերեն ქართული 한국어 Effective Date: 12 May 2026 Summary of Changes This summary is intended to help you better understand recent changes to the Ancestry Terms and how the changes may impact you. |
| 2 | In the most recent changes: We updated references to features. | 2 | In the most recent changes: We updated language clarifying who may use the Services. |
| 3 | We added information about rights for European Consumers. | 3 | We updated language regarding users’ rights and obligations. |
| 4 | We updated our Renewal and Cancellation Terms to reflect new trial and subscription offerings. | 4 | We updated language reflecting changes to product and feature offerings. |
| 5 | We added language to clarify the terms regarding your use of the Services. | 5 | We updated the Dispute Resolution section for US users. |
| 24 | All references to “Ancestry”, “us”, “we”, or “our” in these terms refer to the relevant Ancestry entity on that list. | 24 | All references to “Ancestry”, “us”, “we”, or “our” in these Terms refer to the relevant Ancestry entity on that list. |
| 26 | These Terms incorporate by reference additional policies and guidelines, including the Community Guidelines , Cookie Policy , Copyright Policy , Renewal and Cancellation Terms , Trademark and Usage Guidelines , as well as our Privacy Statement , which explains how we collect and use your personal data. | 26 | Your use of the Services is subject to these Terms. |
| 27 | Please read all of these documents carefully to understand your rights and responsibilities when using the Services. | 27 | Additional use-related policies and guidelines set expectations for how the Services may be used, including the Community Guidelines , Renewal and Cancellation Terms , Trademark Usage Guidelines , Copyright Policy , Guide for Law Enforcement , and SMS Terms . |
| 28 | Separate privacy notices explain how we collect and use your Personal Information, including our Privacy Statement , Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . | ||
| 29 | Please read these documents carefully to understand your rights and responsibilities when using the Services. | ||
| 30 | These terms will be disclosed to you in advance and become part of your agreement with us. | 32 | Any such terms will be disclosed to you in advance and become part of your agreement with us. |
| 31 | If any additional terms conflict with these Terms, those additional terms will prevail. | 33 | If any additional terms conflict with these Terms, the additional terms will prevail. |
| 39 | Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to create accounts, however, they are allowed to use AncestryClassroom through their school (if available) and with their parent’s or guardian’s permission. 1.3 Use of the Services In exchange for access to the Services, you agree: To comply with Ancestry’s Community Guidelines , Cookie Policy , Copyright Policy , and Renewal and Cancellation Terms ; To comply with all applicable laws; To be responsible for all use and activity of the Services associated with your account or login information; To contact us if you suspect your account has been used without your authorization or you believe your login information has been stolen; Not to resell the Services or resell, reproduce, or publish any content or information found on the Services, except as explicitly described in these Terms; Not to circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, including by allowing unauthorized third parties to access Services using your credentials; Not to share, access, or collect data from any Services in bulk or attempt to access data without permission—whether manually or by automated means. | 41 | Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to create accounts, however, they are allowed to use AncestryClassroom through their school (if available) and with their parent’s or guardian’s permission. 1.3 Use of the Services In exchange for access to the Services, you agree: To comply with Ancestry’s Community Guidelines , Copyright Policy , Renewal and Cancellation Terms , Trademark Usage Guidelines , and Guide for Law Enforcement ; To comply with all applicable laws; To be responsible for all use and activity of the Services associated with your account or login information; To contact us if you suspect your account has been used without your authorization or you believe your login information has been stolen; Not to resell the Services or resell, reproduce, or publish any content or information found on the Services, except as explicitly described in these Terms; Not to circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, including by allowing unauthorized third parties to access Services using your credentials; Not to access, acquire, copy, or monitor any portion of the Services by any manual, automated, or programmatic method that exceeds the intended standard human use of the Services; or to use any data or content from the Services to train, develop, or fine-tune any machine learning model, algorithm, or artificial intelligence system; and Not to use the Services in connection with any law enforcement investigation or criminal judicial proceeding. |
| 40 | This includes, but is not limited to, use of any artificial intelligence, bots, crawlers, spiders, data-miners, scrapers or other tools that facilitate rapid and bulk data collection ; and Not to use the Services in connection with any law enforcement investigation or judicial proceeding. 1.4 Additional Terms Applicable to Use of DNA Services The purpose of the DNA Services is to provide genetic and genealogy results and related reports for your informational, recreational, educational, and personal research use. | 42 | For more information, see our Privacy Center . 1.4 Additional Terms Applicable to Use of DNA Services The purpose of the DNA Services is to provide genetic and genealogical results and related reports for your informational, recreational, educational, and personal research use. |
| 41 | As used in these Terms, “DNA Services” refers to the use and registration of an AncestryDNA test kit or upload of your DNA Data, processing and genetic testing of your sample, storing your sample and any extracted DNA (as applicable), and our tools that provide you with ethnicity estimates (ancestral regions), traits information, and other genetically-related results and associated services. 1.4.1 Eligibility to Use DNA Services The DNA Services are intended for those who have reached the age of consent where the DNA Services are being offered and you must be at least that age to purchase or register an AncestryDNA test kit or upload your DNA Data. | 43 | As used in these Terms, “DNA Services” refers to the use and registration of an AncestryDNA test kit, processing and genetic testing of your sample, storing your sample and any extracted DNA (as applicable), and our tools that provide you with ethnicity estimates (ancestral regions), traits information, and other genetically-related results and associated services. 1.4.1 Eligibility to Use DNA Services The DNA Services are intended for those who have reached the age of consent where the DNA Services are being offered. |
| 42 | To help us ensure the integrity and quality of our database and to protect your privacy, each adult who submits their own sample for a DNA test or uploads their DNA Data must create their own account and register their own test. | 44 | You must be at least that age to purchase or register an AncestryDNA test kit or upload your DNA Data. |
| 45 | To help us ensure the integrity and quality of our database and to protect your privacy, each adult who submits their own sample for a DNA test must create their own account and register their own test. | ||
| 44 | As a parent or legal guardian, you may provide us with Personal Information of your own minor child or individual under your guardianship and may accept DNA Services on behalf of your own minor child or individual under your guardianship using your account. | 47 | As a parent or legal guardian, you may provide us with Personal Information of your own minor child or individual under your guardianship and may accept DNA Services on behalf of your own minor child or individual under your guardianship. |
| 46 | You also agree that you have discussed the DNA Services with the minor or individual under your guardianship and they have agreed to the collection and processing of their sample. 1.4.2 Your Use of DNA Services In addition to the requirements in Section 1.3 above, you also agree: Not to resell AncestryDNA test kits; Any sample you provide is either your own or provided by a person for whom you are a parent or legal guardian; Any DNA Data you upload is your own; Not to send us a sample in violation of any export ban or other law; By providing a sample to us, you acquire no rights in any research or commercial products developed by us or our collaborators/partners and will receive no compensation related to any such research or product development; and Not to use information obtained from the DNA Services (including any downloaded DNA Data ), whether in whole, in part, or in combination with any other database or service, for any medical, diagnostic, law enforcement, or paternity testing purpose, in any judicial proceeding, or for any discriminatory purpose or illegal activity. 1.4.3 Ancestry’s Provision of DNA Services You agree that in order to facilitate your use of DNA Services, we may directly or through other companies who help us provide DNA Services: Provide your sample to other companies that help us provide the DNA Services, such as to our laboratory partners; Extract DNA from your sample; Perform genetic tests in the United States (or, in the future, in other countries) on the extracted DNA using test methods available now or later-developed; Compare your DNA Data with other Users’ DNA Data to provide the DNA Services, including matching you to others in our database with whom you share DNA (you are in control as to whether or not to see and be seen by your DNA matches); Disclose to you, and others that you authorize, the results of the tests performed; Store your DNA Data; Store your sample and any extracted DNA in our biobank located in the United States, or destroy any remaining sample and extracted DNA after your sample has been processed—based on the option you selected when registering your AncestryDNA test; once submitted to us, your sample, including any extracted DNA, cannot be returned to you. | 49 | You also agree that you have discussed the DNA Services with the minor or individual under your guardianship and they have agreed to the collection and processing of their sample. 1.4.2 Your Use of DNA Services In addition to the requirements in Section 1.3 above, you also agree: Not to resell AncestryDNA test kits; Any sample you provide is either your own or provided by a person for whom you are a parent or legal guardian; Not to send us a sample in violation of any export ban or other law; You acquire no rights in any research or commercial products developed by us or our collaborators/partners and will receive no compensation related to any such research or product development; Information obtained from the DNA Services is not intended for any medical, diagnostic, law enforcement, or paternity testing purpose, or use in any criminal judicial proceeding. |
| 50 | For more information, see our Privacy Center ; and Not to use information obtained from the DNA Services for any discriminatory purpose or illegal activity. 1.4.3 Ancestry’s Provision of DNA Services You agree that in order to facilitate your use of DNA Services, we may directly or through other companies who help us provide DNA Services: Provide your sample to other companies that help us provide the DNA Services, such as to our laboratory partners; Extract DNA from your sample; Perform genetic tests in the United States (or, in the future, in other countries) on the extracted DNA using test methods available now or later-developed; Compare your DNA Data with other Users’ DNA Data to provide the DNA Services, including matching you to others in our database with whom you share DNA (you are in control as to whether or not to see and be seen by your DNA matches); Disclose to you, and others that you authorize, the results of the tests performed; Store your DNA Data; Store your sample and any extracted DNA in our biobank located in the United States, or destroy any remaining sample and extracted DNA after your sample has been processed—based on the option you selected when registering your AncestryDNA test; once submitted to us, your sample, including any extracted DNA, cannot be returned to you. | ||
| 48 | In certain cases we may destroy samples and/or extracted DNA at our discretion to maintain biobank quality levels; Allow certain of our laboratory partners to use a portion of registered or unregistered samples to calibrate or validate instruments, equipment, or laboratory methods used in providing DNA Services; and Use your Genetic Information and other Personal Information as described in these Terms and the Privacy Statement . 1.4.4 Downloading your DNA Data We protect your information as described in our Privacy Statement . | 52 | In certain cases we may destroy samples and/or extracted DNA at our discretion to maintain biobank quality levels; Allow certain of our laboratory partners to use a portion of registered or unregistered samples to calibrate or validate instruments, equipment, or laboratory methods used in providing DNA Services; and Use your Genetic Information and other Personal Information as described in these Terms, the Privacy Statement , and the Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy . 1.4.4 Downloading your DNA Data The DNA Services are for genealogical and informational purposes only and intended for your personal use within Ancestry. |
| 53 | We protect your information as described in our Privacy Statement . | ||
| 50 | Ancestry has no responsibility if you elect to share or transfer your downloaded DNA Data with others, either intentionally or inadvertently. | 55 | While there are no restrictions on how you use your DNA Data, Ancestry has no responsibility if you elect to share or transfer your downloaded DNA Data with others, either intentionally or inadvertently. 1.4.5 Note to Users who have received a bone marrow or stem cell transplant If you have received a bone marrow or stem cell transplant, the sample you provide may contain cells with your DNA as well as cells with your donor’s DNA. |
| 51 | Your DNA Data is intended only for your personal use. 1.4.5 Note to Users who have received a bone marrow or stem cell transplant If you have received a bone marrow or stem cell transplant, the sample you provide may contain cells with your DNA as well as cells with your donor’s DNA. | 56 | DNA for genetic testing is extracted from the cells in your sample, and the combination of DNA sources can result in a failed test or results that are based on your donor’s DNA. |
| 52 | DNA for the genetic testing is extracted from the cells in your sample, and the combination of DNA sources can result in a failed test or results that are based on your donor’s DNA. | — | Removed |
| 56 | Except for WebSearch records, which are governed by the terms of the third-parties that host the records, all Ancestry Content may be used only in accordance with these Terms, including Ancestry Content that may also be in the public domain (“Public Domain Content”). 2.1 Intellectual Property Rights to Ancestry Content All elements of the Services that are created by us or under our direction, or where the copyright has been assigned or licensed to us, are subject to country-specific copyright protections around the world and international conventions. | 60 | Except for Web Records , which are governed by the terms of the third-parties that host the records, all Ancestry Content may be used only in accordance with these Terms, including Ancestry Content that may also be in the public domain (“Public Domain Content”). 2.1 Intellectual Property Rights to Ancestry Content All elements of the Services that are created by us or under our direction, or where the copyright has been assigned or licensed to us, are subject to country-specific copyright protections around the world and international conventions. |
| 63 | We and our licensors retain ownership and all rights in the exploitation of the Services and its component parts. 2.2 Your Use of Ancestry Content When accessing Ancestry Content you agree: To use Ancestry Content only in connection with your personal use of the Services or professional family history research; To download Ancestry Content only in connection with your family history research or where expressly permitted by Ancestry; Not to remove any copyright or other proprietary notices on any Ancestry Content; Not to use significant portions of Ancestry Content outside the Services, or in a manner inconsistent with your subscription; and To contact us to obtain written permission to use more than a small number of photos and documents that are Public Domain Content. 2.3 Recommender Systems Ancestry operates certain recommender systems, including Ancestry Hints and Ancestry Search . | 67 | We and our licensors retain ownership and all rights in the exploitation of the Services and its component parts. 2.2 Your Use of Ancestry Content When accessing Ancestry Content you agree: To use Ancestry Content only in connection with your personal use of the Services or professional family history research; To download Ancestry Content only in connection with your family or your professional family history research or where expressly permitted by Ancestry; Not to remove any copyright or other proprietary notices on any Ancestry Content; Not to use significant portions of Ancestry Content outside the Services, or in a manner inconsistent with your subscription; and To contact us to obtain written permission to use more than a small number of photos and documents that are Public Domain Content. 2.3 Recommender Systems Ancestry operates certain recommender systems, that filter Ancestry, Newspapers.com, and user content to enhance your user experience and suggest content that may be relevant to you. |
| 64 | Our recommender systems filter Ancestry and user content to enhance your user experience and suggest content that may be relevant to you. | — | Removed |
| 66 | Search on Ancestry allows a user to search for records across Ancestry’s record collection. | 69 | Search on Newspapers.com and Ancestry allows a user to search for records across record collections. |
| 67 | Some of our Services provide personalized advertising and other recommendations to you based on data we collect as explained in our Privacy Statement . 3. | 70 | Newspapers.com may provide you content based on your references and interactions. |
| 71 | If you have consented, some of our Services provide personalized advertising based on data we collect as explained in our Privacy Statement . 3. | ||
| 75 | In the case of living minors, you will get consent from their parent or guardian; All Your Content will comply with the Community Guidelines ; If you share Your Content publicly, other users may access and use Your Content as part of, or in conjunction with, the Services. | 79 | In the case of living minors, you will get consent from their parent or guardian; You have informed any living individuals in Your Content that Ancestry may create a temporary abstract numerical representation of images to group similar faces within your private gallery, which may be considered biometric processing in certain jurisdictions. |
| 80 | Ancestry does not retain or store these representations. | ||
| 81 | All Your Content will comply with the Community Guidelines ; If you share Your Content publicly, other users may access and use Your Content as part of, or in conjunction with, the Services. | ||
| 79 | Ancestry’s procedure for assessing and removing content is set out here . 3.4 Reporting Violations of these Terms Ancestry will advise any user who has notified us of content that violates our Terms of Ancestry’s decision to take any action against the content, and will, where relevant, notify the user who provided the content of a decision to remove or restrict access to content. | 85 | Ancestry’s procedure for assessing and removing content is set out here . 3.4 Reporting Violations of these Terms If you have concerns that any content or platform behavior violates the Community Guidelines , infringes your rights, contains illegal material, or otherwise violates these Terms, please contact us or file a report online . |
| 80 | Any person affected by Ancestry’s decision on content can contact Ancestry here to appeal, or seek redress if you are a user based in the EU in relation to the decision. | — | Removed |
| 81 | If you have concerns that any content violates the Community Guidelines , infringes your rights, contains illegal material, or otherwise violates these Terms, please contact us or file a report online . | — | Removed |
| 83 | For complaints regarding copyright infringement or to submit a copyright infringement notice and takedown request, including those made pursuant to the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, click here . 4. | 87 | For complaints regarding copyright infringement or to submit a copyright infringement notice and takedown request, including those made pursuant to the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, click here . |
| 88 | For users based in the EU, consistent with our obligations under the EU Digital Services Act, Ancestry will also: Inform any user who has reported content or alleged behavior that violates our Terms of our reasoned decision; Where relevant, notify any user against whom action was taken our reasoned decision; Review an appeal or petition for redress from any EU resident affected by Ancestry’s decision. | ||
| 89 | In such cases, please contact Ancestry here . 4. | ||
| 112 | IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT. | 118 | IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE ANY LAWSUIT IN COURT. |
| 126 | Notice to Ancestry should be sent to Ancestry at Ancestry Legal Department, 1300 W. | 132 | Notice to Ancestry should be sent to Ancestry at Ancestry Legal Department, 42 Future Way, Suite 400, Draper, UT 84020. |
| 127 | Traverse Parkway, Lehi, UT 84043. | — | Removed |
| 131 | Neither party may initiate an arbitration unless the party first provides this information. | 136 | Neither party may initiate an arbitration unless the party first provides the information described above. |
| 140 | To start an arbitration under this section 10.1.3, you must do the following: (a) write a Demand for Arbitration that includes a description of the claim and the amount of damages you seek to recover (you may find a copy of a Demand for Arbitration at www.jamsadr.com); (b) send three copies of the Demand for Arbitration, plus the appropriate filing fee, to JAMS, Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1500, San Francisco, California 94111; and (c) send one copy of the Demand for Arbitration to Ancestry at Ancestry Legal Department, 1300 W Traverse Parkway, Lehi, UT 84043. | 145 | To start an arbitration under this section 10.1.3, you must do the following: (a) write a Demand for Arbitration that includes a description of the claim and the amount of damages you seek to recover (you may find a copy of a Demand for Arbitration at www.jamsadr.com); (b) send three copies of the Demand for Arbitration, plus the appropriate filing fee, to JAMS, Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1500, San Francisco, California 94111; and (c) send one copy of the Demand for Arbitration to Ancestry at Ancestry Legal Department, 42 Future Way, Suite 400, Draper, UT 84020. |
| 141 | Arbitration may take place in the county where you reside at the time of filing. | 146 | Arbitration may take place in the state where you reside at the time of filing. |
| 151 | You will be required to pay $250—or the amount otherwise required under the then-applicable JAMS rules—to initiate an arbitration against us. | 156 | You will be required to pay $250—or the amount otherwise required under the then-applicable JAMS rules—to initiate an arbitration against Ancestry. |
| 152 | If the arbitrator finds the arbitration to be non-frivolous, Ancestry will pay all other fees invoiced by JAMS, including filing fees and arbitrator and hearing expenses. | 157 | The parties shall evenly split all filing fees, and arbitrator and hearing expenses, unless the arbitrator finds the arbitration to be frivolous, in which case you shall be solely responsible for all filing fees and arbitrator and hearing expenses. |
| 153 | You are responsible for your own attorneys’ fees unless the arbitration rules and/or applicable law provide otherwise. 10.1.4 Multiple Claims If 25 or more individuals initiate notices of dispute with Ancestry raising similar claims, and counsel for the individuals bringing the claims is the same or coordinated for these individuals, to the extent the claims proceed in arbitration, they shall not proceed before JAMS under the JAMS rules and shall instead proceed before the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) as set forth below. | 158 | In all cases, the parties shall be responsible for their own attorneys’ fees unless the arbitration rules and/or applicable law provide otherwise. 10.1.4 Multiple Claims If 25 or more individuals initiate notices of dispute with Ancestry raising similar claims, as described in section 10.1.2 above, and if counsel for the individuals initiating those notices of dispute bringing the claims is the same or coordinated for these individuals, to the extent any such claims proceed in arbitration, all such claims shall not proceed before JAMS under the JAMS rules and shall instead proceed before the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) as set forth below. |
| 167 | Ancestry shall pay the mediation fee. | 172 | Ancestry and counsel for the individuals shall evenly share and pay the mediation fee. |
| 174 | A court of competent jurisdiction shall have authority to enforce this section 10.1.4 and, if necessary, to enjoin the mass filing of arbitration demands against Ancestry to the extent either party fails to comply with the procedures set forth in this section 10.1.4. Otherwise, the arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve all disputes arising out of or relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this arbitration agreement, the Terms or the Privacy Statement, including but not limited to any claim that all or any part of the Terms or Privacy Statement is void or voidable, whether a claim is subject to arbitration, or the question of waiver by litigation conduct. 10.1.5 No Class Actions This provision shall be referred to as the “Class Action Waiver.” The parties each agree that each party may only resolve disputes with the other on an individual basis and may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, or representative action. | 179 | A court of competent jurisdiction shall have authority to enforce this section 10.1.4 and, if necessary, to enjoin the mass filing of arbitration demands against Ancestry to the extent either party fails to comply with the procedures set forth in this section 10.1.4. Otherwise, the arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve all disputes arising out of or relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this arbitration agreement, the Terms or the Privacy Statement, including but not limited to any claim that all or any part of the Terms or Privacy Statement is void or voidable, whether a claim is subject to arbitration, or the question of waiver by litigation conduct. |
| 180 | In the event a court of competent jurisdiction does not enforce the Multiple Claims procedures in this section 10.1.4, in whole or in part, the parties agree that the arbitrations described in this section shall still proceed at AAA under its Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules, and subject to section 10.1.6 below. 10.1.5 No Class Actions This provision shall be referred to as the “Class Action Waiver.” The parties each agree that each party may only resolve disputes with the other on an individual basis and may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, or representative action. | ||
| 179 | An arbitration award and the judgment confirming it applies only to that specific case and shall not be binding on either party in any other case. 10.1.6 Severability Other than as set forth in the Class Action Waiver, if any provision of this arbitration agreement is adjudged to be invalid, unenforceable, unconscionable, void or voidable, in whole or in part, such adjudication will not affect the validity of the rest of the arbitration agreement. | 185 | An arbitration award and the judgment confirming it applies only to that specific case and shall not be binding on either party in any other case. 10.1.6 Severability Other than as set forth in the Class Action Waiver in section 10.1.5, if any provision of section 10 is adjudged to be invalid, unenforceable, unconscionable, void or voidable, in whole or in part, such adjudication will not affect the validity of section 10 of the Terms and Conditions. |
| 183 | If a court or arbitrator decides that this subsection on "Changes to This Section" is not enforceable or valid, then this subsection shall be severed from the section entitled “Dispute, Resolution, Arbitration and Class Action Waiver,” and the court or arbitrator shall apply the first Arbitration and Class Action Waiver section in existence after you began using the Services. 10.1.8 Survival This Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and Class Action Waiver section shall survive any termination of your account or the Services. 10.2 For Customers Outside the United States If you are a non-consumer customer based in the EU or reside anywhere else outside the United States, you agree that the Irish Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes (contractual or non-contractual) related to this Agreement. 10.2.1 European Union and UK Consumers If you are a European Union or United Kingdom consumer you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are resident and nothing in this Agreement affects your rights as a consumer to rely on such mandatory provisions of local law. | 189 | If a court or arbitrator decides that this subsection on "Changes to This Section" is not enforceable or valid, then this subsection shall be severed from section 10 entitled “Dispute, Resolution, Arbitration and Class Action Waiver,” and the court or arbitrator shall apply the immediately preceding version of the Arbitration Agreement and Class Action Waiver section. 10.1.8 Survival This Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and Class Action Waiver section shall survive any termination of your account or the Services. 10.2 For Customers Outside the United States If you are a non-consumer customer based in the EU or reside anywhere else outside the United States, you agree that the Irish Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes (contractual or non-contractual) related to this Agreement. 10.2.1 European Union, UK Consumers If you are a European Union or United Kingdom consumer you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are resident and nothing in this Agreement affects your rights as a consumer to rely on such mandatory provisions of local law. |
| 184 | We provide you with a legal guarantee that the Service will be in legal conformity at the time of supply and during the life of our contract with you. | — | Removed |
| 185 | Under this legal guarantee, we will be liable for any lack of conformity of the Service and you may have a right of remedy under your local laws. | — | Removed |
| 191 | If Ancestry seeks to enforce any of its rights against you as a consumer, we may do so only in the courts of the jurisdiction in which you are a resident. | ||
| 192 | Subject to the foregoing, nothing contained in this clause shall limit our rights to bring enforcement proceedings in another jurisdiction or to seek interim, protective or provisional relief in the courts of another jurisdiction. | ||
| 189 | If Ancestry seeks to enforce any of its rights against you as a consumer, we may do so only in the courts of the jurisdiction in which you are a resident. | — | Removed |
| 190 | Subject to the foregoing, nothing contained in this clause shall limit our rights to bring enforcement proceedings in another jurisdiction or to seek interim, protective or provisional relief in the courts of another jurisdiction. | — | Removed |
| 192 | If you are a UK user, you have a right to bring a claim for breach of contract in respect of these Terms in the event that (i) content which you generate, upload or share on the Services is taken down, or access to it is restricted, in breach of these Terms or (ii) your access is suspended (including any ban imposed on your use of the Services) in breach of these Terms. 10.3 Controlling Law If you access the Services in the United States, the laws of the State of Utah and as applicable, those of the United States of America, govern these Terms and the use of the Services. | 196 | If you are a UK user, you have a right to bring a claim for breach of contract in respect of these Terms in the event that (i) content which you generate, upload or share on the Services is taken down, or access to it is restricted, in breach of these Terms or (ii) your access is suspended (including any ban imposed on your use of the Services) in breach of these Terms. 10.2.2 International Consumers If you are a consumer accessing the Services in a country other than the United States, European Union or United Kingdom you may benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are resident and nothing in this Agreement affects your rights as a consumer to rely on such mandatory provisions of local law. 10.3 Controlling Law If you access the Services in the United States, the laws of the State of Utah and as applicable, those of the United States of America, govern these Terms and the use of the Services. |
| 194 | Subject to 10.2.1, if you access the Services anywhere outside the United States, the laws of Ireland govern these Terms. 11. | 198 | If you access the Services anywhere outside the United States, the laws of Ireland govern these Terms. 11. |
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