GEDMatch (www.gedmatch.com) is updating its terms of service and privacy policy. The following was received earlier by email:
Here at GEDmatch, we are focused on improving our services and your experience as a user. We are updating our GEDmatch.com Terms of Service and Privacy Policy to include required disclosures in accordance with applicable privacy laws, to update our payment terms, and to make our policies more transparent and understandable for you. Please be sure to read the full set of updated terms.
The updated terms will go into effect on January 11, 2021. If you continue to use our services on or after January 11, 2021 you are agreeing to the updated terms. If you don’t agree, you can choose to discontinue using our services and close your account before the updated terms become effective.
The link supplied to the new terms is not working for me, but the site's last update on December 9th 2019 is available at https://www.gedmatch.com/tos.htm, where I am guessing they will appear shortly.
COMMENT: I thought I had deleted my GEDMatch account following its serious data breach in July 2020 (see http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/07/gedmatch-site-now-back-up-again.html) so I was surprised to receive this message. It appears that I deleted my DNA information and Gedcom from the site, but that the account is still active. I have now emailed Gedcom to ask them to remove me from their system.
Chris
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