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Privacy Policy

The following describes the Privacy Policy of the Ancestris association and the Ancestris software.

Ancestris association
  • is a non profit association managed by volunteers
  • does not sell any product
License
Location
  • The Ancestris software is only installed on the computer of the useruser, not on a server.
Advertising
  • The Ancestris software does not include any sollicitation to promote or buy any product
  • It does not allow to buy or sell any product.
Data

  • The Ancestris software

    • stores all user data in the Gedcom files files in folders indicated by the user
    • It stores user settings in the user settings folder on the user computer
    • It does not store any of youruser data outside of these files
    • The users controls 100% of their data data and are free to erase these files or folders from their computer at any time
    Login
    • The Ancestris software does not require any login of any sort or to any web site, including the Ancestris website.
    • The only existing login that might exist is for the forum in order to get user support but it is not managed from the Ancestris software nor has any connection with the Ancestris software.
    Connections

    The Ancestris software communicates outside of your computer in two instances:occasions:

    • When communicating to the Ancestris server at startup, when checking for updates, when displaying geographic maps (Openstreetmaps serevice), when looking for location names (geonames service), and when closing.closing Thisthe generatesapplication. The only information stored on the server in this case is the anonymous connection informationinformation. thatIt is used by the Ancestris team is using to get volume information.information and statistics.
    • When the userusers use the "Genealogy Compare" functionality, which compares their genealogy with other users on a deliberate basis and consciously indicating to include private information.information or not. In this case, the only information potentially shared with another user is the information the other user already has, which is the common information.information included in a given genealogy between the two users.
    Publications

    The Ancestris software includes functionalities to produce reports and genealogy extract. Users are responsible for the resulting genealogy information they are sharing with other parties. Ancestris cannot be held responsible in case of improper information sharing.

     

    vous facilitez ou traitez des paiements ou d’autres données utilisateur sensibles ; 

    vous souhaitez définir des règles relatives au comportement des utilisateurs et indiquer les motifs de résiliation des comptes ; 

    vous participez à des programmes d’affiliation ; 

    vous fournissez un logiciel ou un service qui est susceptible de causer un préjudice en cas d’utilisation abusive ; 

    vous 

    aimeriez

     

    définir des règles d’utilisation de votre application qui aient une valeur contractuelle.