Ancestry Terms and Conditions

This document governs use of Ancestry's genealogy research platform and associated services, establishing a binding contract between Ancestry and users through acceptance of terms via continued use or account creation. The agreement states that users grant Ancestry a 'royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license' to use any content users submit, including family trees, photos, stories, and other user-generated material, and the terms authorize Ancestry to share that content with other subscribers. The intellectual property license granted over user-submitted content is notably broad in scope, covering sublicensing and transferability rights, which extends beyond what some comparable consumer genealogy platforms assert; however, applicable law may constrain the enforceability of perpetual or irrevocable license terms depending on jurisdiction. The agreement engages U.S. consumer protection frameworks administered by the FTC, California privacy law including CCPA, and genetic privacy considerations given the nature of DNA-related data collected; users in California have explicit opt-out rights under CCPA that the document references. The mandatory arbitration clause and class action waiver require individual dispute resolution through binding arbitration, limiting the procedural options available to users in the event of a dispute.