Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Family Tree. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. Information We Collect

We collect different types of data to provide our service:

• Account Data: Name, email address, profile picture, and phone number (optional) when you create an account.
• Family Tree Data: Names, birth/death dates, locations, relationships, and biographical notes about people in your family tree.
• User Content: Photos, documents, and comments you upload.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, including access logs.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your data to:

• Provide and maintain our Service.
• Authenticate you and manage your account.
• Allow you to collaborate with family members.
• Send you service-related emails (e.g., verification, password resets).
• Improve and optimize our platform.

4. Third-Party Services

We use trusted third-party providers to help us operate our service:

• Convex: For hosting our database and file storage.
• Google: For user authentication (optional).
• Brevo: For sending transactional emails.

5. Your Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to access, correct, or delete your data. You can delete your account or specific family tree projects at any time through the application settings.

6. Genealogical Privacy

We understand the sensitivity of family history data. Our platform supports different privacy levels for your projects. We recommend keeping details of living persons private and only sharing them with trusted family members.