Privacy and your data on FamYarn Genealogy & Family History

Managing privacy

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This page explains how FamYarn handles the privacy of your family history: who can see your data, what stays private, and the controls you have over sharing.

Who can access my data?

Access to a tree is decided by its owner. When you create a tree, you’re its owner, and no one else can see what’s in it until you invite them. You choose who to add, and each member has a role that determines what they can do:

Does FamYarn sell or share my family data?

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No, FamYarn does not sell or share your family data. The service is funded by subscriptions, and users are always in control of what gets shared.

We do not sell your family data or use it to build advertising profiles. We don’t repackage, distribute, or share the data that users enter in any way. Users can decide to share their family tree with others, and nothing is public by default. FamYarn is a U.S.-based company, and user data is governed under U.S. jurisdiction.

Can strangers see or change my family tree?

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No. No one else can see a new tree until you invite them, and there is no public directory of trees to browse. Each person you invite gets a role: viewers can look, editors can add and change records, and admins can also manage members and settings.

If you want to show part of your family history more widely, you can create a share link. It can be switched off at any time, and it leaves out people who may still be living.

Will FamYarn use my family photos to train AI?

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No. FamYarn does not use your photos, stories or recordings to build or train AI models, and it does not allow the AI providers it works with to train on them either.

When you use an AI feature, such as reading a document or describing a photo, your content goes only to the providers that feature needs, and only to do the job you asked for. The privacy policy names each provider and what it receives.

Can I download my family tree?

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Yes. A tree’s owner, admins and editors can download it as a GEDCOM file, which other family history programs and websites can import. It works on every plan, including Free.

The file holds the people, how they are related, their life events with dates and places, sources and notes. Photos, stories, interviews, recipes and heirlooms are not included yet.

Can I keep living relatives private?

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Yes. Your tree is private to the relatives you invite. If you choose to create a share link for a wider circle, the shared page leaves out anyone who may still be living, based on their recorded dates.

Everyone you invite does see the whole tree, so invite people you trust, and ask before adding details about someone who is still alive.