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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.
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We reserve the right to limit the availability of our Services or the provision of any of our Content to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction, at any time and in our sole and absolute discretion.
We may limit the Site's availability, in whole or in part, to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction we choose, at any time and in our sole discretion.
we're not responsible or liable for any picture uploaded to our Platform, and we're allowed to remove any picture at our discretion (e.g. if we detect that a picture does not meet the criteria).
"We may destroy Biological Samples that do not meet our quality assurance requirements at our discretion.Excerpt from Ancestry's Privacy Statement
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The clause states: “We may destroy Biological Samples that do not meet our quality assurance requirements at our discretion.”
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