Privacy Policy

Of course the Family Then and Now website is for the specific purpose of providing our visitors with personal information about our ancestral family lines. However, we restrict those whom we identify and provide information about to (1) those individuals who have already died, (2) those living individuals who have granted us their permission to publicly post their (possibly limited) information, and (3) those living individuals who are about 60 years of age or older. Additionally controlled access is allowed to certain editors and other site visitors who have reqested and been granted specific permission to view the otherwise hidden data known about other living individuals or family lines.

The Family Then and Now website strives both to provide informative content and to help our visitors as well as family members to reasonably protect their privacy. Our policy is to respect and protect the privacy of our users and family members. There are cases where we may ask you for personal information such as your name, e-mail address, or comments, etc. Even so, we will not rent, sell, or exchange any such information with a third party for any purpose. In most cases this information is immediately used to send the requested communications and is then deleted from our server.

The Family Then and Now website encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children, especially in learning about our shared family heritage. No information should be submitted to or posted on our webpages by visitors under 13 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian.

The Family Then and Now website does not provide any personally identifying information, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever, other than the family ancestral information display on these pages, from any of our visitors including those under 13 years of age. No information collected from our visitors is ever used for any marketing purposes whatsoever.

While most links on our pages only go to other pages on this website, visitors should be aware that when they click on links to other websites from Family Then and Now website pages, they could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. Although we have attempted to only link to other reputable websites, they may have links to other websites and we cannot be responsible for actions taken by, nor for information displayed by, those websites. Beyond what is on the Family Then and Now webpages, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online and you do so at your own risk.

The importance of security for all personally identifiable information associated with our visitors is of great concern to us. We exercise care in providing secure transmission of sensitive information from your personal computer to our servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, the Family Then and Now website cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems and keep it for only as long as necessary to perform the requested task before being deleted.

By using the Family Then and Now website, you signify your assent to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our sites. Your continued use of the Family Then and Now website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.