Make privacy possible
I literally got this account just so I could stop people from sharing all my personal information. Yes, some people don’t see how a real name and birthdate and a couple other things could be a risk to anyone, but it is a really big risk to a few people. Please, let the person himself delete himself, even if someone else added him, and if they really want to put him back, they have to just be more persistent to put it back than the individual who wants to delete himself. But let the individuals delete themselves for privacy’s sake at least. This site is a crime field for hackers!
even more, you might make a verification process that if the individual deleted himself, the person who wants to re add him back has to go through family search or some permissions process to re add. Deleting should not be made difficult though for the individual himself specifically.
That’s the only reason I have this account, because it showed up as a security risky profile for sale that my security browser found, when I had never done anything with family tree before. But I know some hackers who might.
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I'm sorry you're having trouble with privacy! Your comment leaves many questions! If someone is living, how are you able to access their information? Which then leads to another question - how are they able to remove their name from your account or tree? Only a living person has access to their information. These records on FamilySearch along with Ancestry.com, My Heritage.com, etc. are only available for deceased people. My comment would be - if you had my name in your tree - I would delete it too, then send you a personal message.
Keep in mind, these records are available to everyone in the world! Not just one particular part of the world! We research family records in other countries, so you have language difficulties too. FamilySearch is really valuable because they will try to interpret the languages to what each area of the world speaks before they come to us.
I'm sorry that you think you have a huge security risk and that your browser stated that information. All of these records are on dead people. How can any of these records be a security risk. If you want to find out information on a living person, there are many websites that if you pay, you can find out everything imaginable about a living person. Not so with people that have died. Myself, I find that extremely interesting.
If you have pictures or documents that you feel you want no one else to have access to, I would suggest you don't add them to your tree. This website is free and public to everyone that wishes to join. Remember these records are available to everyone around the world. Pictures are wonderful and exiting to others, to be able to see what an ancestor looks like is amazing!
If you are still disappointed in this website you can always delete your tree! Or join another website - there are plenty of them out there. Keep in mind, all of these websites are to help everyone find their family. No one is perfect! We all make mistakes. Every now and then a stray name appears and you may wonder who that is. It can sometimes lead to a family member you didn't know existed.
You can always message the "living" person that keeps removing their name! Still not sure how you have access to a living person's information!
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Each "living" version of you that is added to Family Tree can only be seen from the account of the person who created it, so there is privacy in that sense. If someone adds a "deceased" version of you and they are the only contributor, you can message them to request they delete it. If they will not (or more than one user has added data to the profile), mark the record as "living" and Admin will fix the status.
As far as deceased persons are concerned (the primary reason for the creation of Family Tree), there is no privacy. Anyone can look at, and add / amend details to, the records of the deceased.
The advice given earlier is incorrect in that you cannot "delete your tree" - that is, unless you are the only contributor to the IDs in "your branch" of this massive database.
In respect of privacy / possible hacking considerations, I have not added anyone in my, or my parents', generation to Family Tree. However, there is probably not much logic in that, as anyone else can add profiles for these people and the information I would prefer to keep private is probably easily accessible from a number of other websites.
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