Ancestry Privacy Statement

This document explains what personal and genetic information Ancestry collects, how it uses and shares that information, and what rights you have over it. Ancestry keeps your account information until you delete your account, shares some personal information with advertising partners, but commits not to share your DNA data with insurers, employers, or marketers without your explicit separate consent. If you want your genetic data deleted, Ancestry must remove it from all its systems within 30 days of your request.

This Privacy Statement establishes Ancestry's data collection, retention, use, and sharing obligations with respect to Personal Information and Genetic Information. Ancestry requires certain Account Information as a non-negotiable condition of service access, and retains account and profile Personal Information until a user deletes their account. Genetic Information is subject to heightened protections: it is categorically prohibited from disclosure to marketers, insurers, or employers without separate explicit consent, any research use requires a separate Informed Consent to Research, and deletion requests must be fulfilled across all named systems within 30 days. Ancestry shares Personal Information with third-party analytics and advertising partners for targeted advertising, and user profile information is visible to other users by default; users in qualifying U.S. jurisdictions hold a legal right to opt out of sharing for online targeted advertising.

Your account and profile information is kept by Ancestry for as long as your account exists, and your profile is visible to other users on the platform. Ancestry shares personal information with advertising partners for targeted ads, but your genetic information cannot be used for advertising or shared with insurers, employers, or marketers unless you separately and explicitly consent. If you opt in to DNA matching, your username and potential relationship details become visible to your matched users. To remove your genetic data, you can submit a deletion request and Ancestry is required to complete deletion across all its systems within 30 days.