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Providing certain Account Information is a non-negotiable condition of accessing Ancestry's Services.
The updated policy introduces new data collection and processing practices. Ancestry now explicitly discloses that it collects information from interactions with AI-powered support assistants, in addition to human communications. The policy adds a new photo face-grouping feature that creates abstract numerical representations of images to organize your photo gallery, available with your express consent; Ancestry states it does not retain these representations. The policy also adds SMS messaging as a communication channel, available if you expressly opt in. You can decline the face-grouping feature and SMS messaging by not providing express consent.
View change record →You must supply the required Account Information; if you do not, Ancestry will not provide the Services to you.
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Providing certain Account Information is a non-negotiable condition of accessing Ancestry's Services.
You must supply the required Account Information; if you do not, Ancestry will not provide the Services to you.
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