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Make Family Search more secure regarding living personal data

lindamiller1
lindamiller1 ✭
February 20 in Suggest an Idea

I found someone had changed my birth place to Denmark. I was able to correct it back to Olney, Maryland. I reported this as a possible abuse, and your people's reply treated it like it was not a serious problem. The issue is this, that if I was not aware of this change and the U.S. Government decides to do a background check on my info, which yes they can do by the way, it would be flagged. I don't think most church members are aware of this. But they need to reconsider that as an abuse. No one should be able to change anyone's person data (living that is) birth place, birth date, or similar data. They shouldn't be able to make any changes to personal to living data. And it is evident to me that they can at this time. I expect the church to do something about it.

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  • A van Helsdingen
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    February 21

    I assume you are talking about the FamilySearch Family Tree (FSFT)

    In the FSFT, profiles of living people can only be viewed by the person who created them. Deceased profiles can be seen and edited by anyone. So not only did someone have your birthplace incorrect, they must have created a profile for you that listed you as deceased. That is serious since it exposes all your information to the public, and FS should deal with such cases swiftly. They run the risk of serious penalties under the GDPR (the EU privacy law) and other laws around the world if they do not take care that the personal details of living people are kept confidential.

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