tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post4604389365436624206..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Connecting to Other Researchers through MyHeritage.comRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-72749256491017480072013-06-18T10:01:28.426-07:002013-06-18T10:01:28.426-07:00I discovered that there is personal information ab...I discovered that there is personal information about myself and my wife published on the myheritage.com website.<br /><br />I am not and never have been a member of myheritage.com, have no wish to join and have no associations with anyone one on there and have never consented to any of my personal information being published within myheritage.com.<br /><br />They say; If a privacy breach is suspected, e.g. one relative posts the details of another relative without permission, the company deletes any data as requested by its owners within 1 to 2 business days.<br /><br />Today I sent in a request to myheritage.com to have any personal data they have regarding my immediate family and myself deleted and here is their response:<br /><br />This is an automatic response <br />Hi, <br /><br />Thank you for writing to MyHeritage. <br /><br />E-mail support is a premium feature and is available without limits to our subscribers (Premium, PremiumPlus and Data). <br /><br />If you already have a premium account on MyHeritage but not under the myemail@mail address, please go to our help center<br />log in to MyHeritage using your premium account and then send us your question from there. <br /><br />If you would like to receive direct access to our support team, consider purchasing a data subscription or data credits<br />. <br />You will gain many additional benefits including unlimited searches in MyHeritage SuperSearch™ and access to Record Matches. Learn more here<br />. <br />You are also welcome to use our knowledge base<br />to find an answer to your question. This is the best way to find answers to the most frequently asked questions at MyHeritage. <br /><br />Sincerely, <br /><br />MyHeritage<br /><br />My reply:<br /><br />Are you seriously stating that as a profit making company I have no wish to be associated with and using personal data of my family and I without consent, that I would be required to pay a fee in order to view what you have about me on your website and have deleted?<br /><br />If this is the case, than this is an outrage.<br /><br />Why should I be part of a subscription fee company, in which I have no desires to be associated with?<br /><br />I fully intend to take this matter further, no matter how long it takes.<br /><br />Anthony Steel<br /><br />This is an outrage. These companies believe they have a free hand to acquire anyone’s personal information or their subscribers using the myheritage.com facilities and use it in order to support their fee subscription company site, without consent or consideration of those who have no wish to have their details published or available by a company or someone else’s website not pertaining to them.<br />Anthony Steelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-80116872454291468892011-06-24T06:53:20.185-07:002011-06-24T06:53:20.185-07:00I use MyHeritage & can say that other members ...I use MyHeritage & can say that other members of your tree *can* edit & add things (I have a cousin that did so). But as far as what kind of access you give them, I'm not sure. I do know that you can add or delete members if you are the administrator of that tree.Christine M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01625485691037280392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-13944123375678427332011-06-23T13:26:26.012-07:002011-06-23T13:26:26.012-07:00Randy, is there a place to put a description of th...Randy, is there a place to put a description of the tree so that visitors to the tree understand that this is a collaborative research tool and not an "end product"?<br /><br />~CarolineCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440331516671118735noreply@blogger.com