On August 3, 2021, Ancestry.com made a change to its terms of service. Most of us don’t comb through those long jargon-filled blocks of text and often we wouldn’t understand what they mean, anyway. Fortunately we have Judy Russell, aka The Legal Genealogist, to explain it for us:
In plain English, the rights to use that family photo you posted, that story you wrote and uploaded, that snippet of family history you’ve shared basically now belong to Ancestry. You can continue to use it elsewhere if you wish, since you’re still technically the owner, but you can’t do anything to stop Ancestry from using it any way it wants, forever.
For a look at what’s changed, and a fuller explanation of what it means for Ancestry users, visit The Legal Genealogist blog.
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