{"id":2826,"date":"2024-11-07T21:49:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T21:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gedmatch.com\/?page_id=2826"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:49:04","slug":"privacy-policy-october-21-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gedmatch.com\/privacy-policy-october-21-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2826\" class=\"elementor elementor-2826\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c355662 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c355662\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f11ddf0\" data-id=\"f11ddf0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eda451 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6eda451\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Privacy Policy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95be057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95be057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Effective Date: October 21, 2025<\/strong><\/p><p>Welcome to GEDmatch. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our services, please contact us at:<\/p><p><strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gedmatch@verogen.com\">support@gedmatch.com<\/a><br \/><strong>Address:\u00a0<\/strong>19300 Germantown Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874<\/p><p>Remember that by continuing to use GEDmatch, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gedmatch.com\/terms-of-service-november-22-2024\/\">Terms of Service<\/a>, including this Privacy Policy. As always, you may stop using GEDmatch any time, and you may delete your information through the settings in your account.<\/p><p>GEDmatch is operated by Verogen, Inc. (\u201cVerogen\u201d), a subsidiary of Qiagen N.V.<\/p><p>Verogen respects your privacy and recognizes the importance of your personal information. We are committed to protecting your information through our compliance with the Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy. \u201cPersonal information\u201d means any information that identifies or relates to a particular individual and also includes information referred to as \u201cpersonally identifiable information\u201d or \u201cpersonal information\u201d or \u201csensitive personal information\u201d under applicable data privacy laws, rules or regulations. Any terms we use in this Privacy Policy without defining them have the definitions given to them in the Terms of Service. \u00a0This Privacy Policy does not cover the practices of companies we don\u2019t own or control or people we don\u2019t manage.<\/p><p>You may print a copy of this Privacy Policy by clicking here. If you have a disability, you may access this policy in an alternative format by contacting\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:support@gedmatch.com.\">support@gedmatch.com.<\/a><\/p><p>This Privacy Policy describes our practices in connection with information we may collect through your access or use of our Site. By using our Site, you consent to our collection and use of the information described in the Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c76b13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c76b13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Privacy Policy Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"#collection\">GEDmatch Collection and Use of Information<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#rawdna\">Raw DNA Data Provided to GEDmatch<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#alias\">Option to Provide an Alias<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#security\">Security<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#improvement\">Improvement of our Products and Services<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#emailaddress\">Email addresses<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#cookies\">Cookies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#legaldisclosures\">Legal Disclosures<br \/><\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#pi\">Personal Information<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#categories\">Categories of Sources of Personal Information<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#howwedisclosepersonalinfo\">How We Disclose Your Personal Information<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#privacychoices\">Your Privacy Choices<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#caresidents\">Information for California Residents<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#nvresidents\">Information for Nevada Residents<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#varesidents\">Information for Virginia Residents<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#ccpavcdpa\">Exercising your rights under CCPA and VCDPA<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#waresidents\">Information for Washington Residents<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#euukresidents\">Information for European Union and United Kingdom Residents<\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji';\"><a href=\"#dpf\">Data Privacy Frameworks<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"#dataretention\">Data Retention<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#policyupdates\">Updates to This Policy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#contactus\">Contact us<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1781e1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1781e1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"collection\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u00a0GEDmatch Collection and Use of Information<\/strong><\/p><p>When you register on GEDmatch, we collect your name, an optional alias, and email address to process your registration. Once you are registered, you can provide other personal information such as your sex, Y-DNA or mtDNA haplogroup, genetic sequence\/information, Genealogy Data, and\/or Tier1 payment information. GEDmatch will only collect your personal information if you provide it to us voluntarily. If you are located outside the United States, you consent to the storage, processing, and transfer of your personal information outside your country.<\/p><p>In addition, we automatically collect certain information regarding visitors to our Site, including IP address, information about your equipment, browsing actions, and usage patterns. The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include personal information. We use this information solely for internal purposes, such as to improve our Site.<\/p><p>Our Site may use third party tools to help us understand, in aggregate, the age, gender and interests of Site visitors. These tools do not reveal to us your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through use of these tools with personally identifiable information. The information received from these tools is used only to improve our Site and the type of information displayed to Site visitors so we can better serve those interested in GEDmatch.<\/p><p>GEDmatch offers you opportunities to engage in forums that are designed to be visible to other users, including comments and postings. You should be aware that any information you choose to submit via these forums can be read, collected, and used by other participants and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the information you choose to submit when you engage in such activities.<\/p><p>We may disclose your Raw Data, personal information, and\/or Genealogy Data if it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation such as a subpoena or warrant. We will attempt to alert you to this disclosure of your Raw Data, personal information, and\/or Genealogy Data, unless notification is prohibited under law.<\/p><p>GEDmatch products and services are not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect any information from children. If we learn that we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0dbc59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0dbc59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"rawdna\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Raw DNA Data Provided to GEDmatch<\/strong><\/p><p>Verogen operates the GEDmatch PRO portal to support government agency (including law enforcement and military) use with investigative comparisons to kits in the GEDmatch database. Please see the \u201cDNA Data\u201d section below for instructions regarding how to select a privacy option when you upload Raw Data. If you are a law enforcement officer or if you are working on behalf of a law enforcement officer or other government agency, you agree you will not upload Raw Data to GEDmatch via the GEDmatch.com website; instead, please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pro.gedmatch.com\/\">click here<\/a>\u00a0to upload Raw Data via the GEDmatch PRO portal to identify the perpetrator of a Violent Crime (where \u2018Violent Crime\u2019 is defined as murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, aggravated rape, robbery or aggravated assault) or to identify human remains.<\/p><p>When you upload Raw Data to GEDmatch, you agree that the Raw Data is one of the following:<\/p><ul><li>Your DNA;<\/li><li>DNA of a person for whom you are a legal guardian;<\/li><li>DNA of a person who has granted you specific authorization to upload their DNA to GEDmatch;<\/li><li>DNA of a person known by you to be deceased; or<\/li><li>DNA obtained from an artifact (if and only if: (1) you have a reasonable belief that the Raw Data is DNA from a previous owner or user of the artifact; and (2) that previous owner or user of the artifact is known to you to be deceased).<\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><p>By registering for GEDmatch and using the Site, you agree that you will not upload Raw Data that does not satisfy one of these categories. If you have previously uploaded Raw Data that does not satisfy one of these categories, you hereby agree that you will remove it immediately.<\/p><p>We will not be responsible for any Raw Data provided to GEDmatch in violation of these Terms. Violators of these Terms may have their Raw Data or other personal information deleted without warning, their access blocked, and\/or be subject to other remedial steps, including any legal action allowed under law.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91f2560 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91f2560\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"alias\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Option to Provide an Alias<\/strong><\/p><p>Although you may provide a real name for registration and data upload, you have the option of providing an alias for either login or data. If an alias has been provided, it will be displayed in place of the real name along with results along with the user\u2019s email address. If DNA data you provide is linked to your Genealogy Data, and only one or the other uses an alias, it may be possible for users to see the real name in the linked data.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe3fc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbe3fc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"security\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Security<\/strong><\/p><p>In today\u2019s world, there are real dangers of identity theft, credit fraud, etc. We try to strike a balance between these conflicting realities and the need to disclose information to other users. In the end, if you require absolute privacy and security, you agree that you will not provide your personal information, Raw Data, or Genealogy Data to GEDmatch. If you do not agree and you have already provided your personal information, Raw Data, or Genealogy Data, you agree to delete it immediately.<\/p><p>Although we have endeavored to create a secure and reliable Site for you, the confidentiality of any communication, material, or personal information provided to GEDmatch via the Site or email cannot be guaranteed.<\/p><p>The original Raw DNA and GEDCOM data you provide to GEDmatch is not kept in its original form. It is converted to a form that makes it more efficient for the software to perform searches and comparisons. The Genealogical Data is loaded into a relational database that might still be recognizable as text. The Raw DNA is converted to a compressed binary format in a process we call \u2018tokenization.\u2019 Although the Raw DNA is not encrypted in the usual sense of the word, it would be very difficult for a human to read it. Original uploaded files are deleted from the Site servers soon after they are processed and archived.<\/p><p>We encrypt your login password before putting it in our database. We cannot tell what your password is. However, there have been cases in the news of encrypted data being hacked and decoded. Be aware that may be a possibility on this or any other Site. We take measures to ensure that only registered GEDmatch users (and, depending on the privacy option you select at the time we collect Raw Data, GEDmatch PRO users) have access to your results. Direct access to your data is available to GEDmatch personnel, including volunteers, on a need-to-know basis.<\/p><p>Information such as Raw Data, Genealogy Data, and profile information may be stored as an archive copy as part of a backup or recovery plan. When a registered GEDmatch user deletes or requests deletion of Raw Data, Genealogy Data, and\/or profile information, all copies of that information, including copies stored in backups, will be deleted within thirty (30) days of the request).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcfa952 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcfa952\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"improvement\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Improvement of Our Products and Services <\/strong><\/p><p>We may use your data in our own research, for example to develop or improve products and services. Additionally, state genetic data privacy laws require us to provide you with notice that your deidentified genetic or phenotypic information may be shared with or disclosed to third parties for research purposes in accordance with Part 46: Protection of Human Subjects (commencing with Section 46.101) of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.\u00a0<strong>However, please note that we will not share with or disclose to third parties your deidentified genetic or phenotypic information for research purposes pursuant to Part 46.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54453c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54453c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"emailaddress\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Email Address<\/strong><\/p><p>Everybody who registers with the Site must provide a valid email address for the principal contact. It provides log-in verification and allows us to contact them if necessary. It also provides a mechanism to verify your identity if you want to contact us. You agree to keep your log-in information secure, and to keep your email address up to date.<\/p><p>Your email address and name (or alias, if provided) will be displayed along with any matches to your Raw Data or Genealogy Data. Some users obtain an email address separate from their primary email for this purpose.<\/p><p>You understand that any registered GEDmatch user using the tools available on the Site may gain access to the email address you provide.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f2c6d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f2c6d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"cookies\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cookies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cookies may be used by this Site to enable certain privacy and log-in capabilities. A cookie is a small file placed on your computer. You have the ability to delete cookie files from your computer at any time or avoid cookies by configuring your browser to reject them or to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. Please note that because of our use of cookies, our services do not support \u201cDo Not Track\u201d requests sent from a browser at this time.<\/p>\n<p>This Site may contain links to advertising placed by third party sites. Advertising by third party sites may be placing and reading cookies on your browser, or using web beacons to collect information, in the course of ads being served on this Site. We have no control over how third party sites may utilize cookies. If you feel that a third party site is engaging in unethical or illegal use of this capability, please notify us so that we may take appropriate action to remove that link.<\/p>\n<p>To explore what cookie settings are available to you or to modify your preferences with respect to Cookies, you can access your cookie management settings by clicking the Manage Cookies link at the bottom of the website. To find out more information about cookies generally, including information about how to manage and delete cookies, please visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutcookies.org\/\">http:\/\/www.allaboutcookies.org\/<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-the-public\/online\/cookies\/\">https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-the-public\/online\/cookies\/<\/a>&nbsp;if you are located in the European Union.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cea11c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cea11c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"ads\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Information about Interest-Based Advertisements:<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>We may serve advertisements, and also allow third-party ad networks, including third-party ad servers, ad agencies, ad technology vendors and research firms, to serve advertisements through the GEDmatch services. These advertisements may be targeted to users who fit certain general profile categories or display certain preferences or behaviors (\u201cInterest-Based Ads\u201d). Information for Interest-Based Ads (including personal information) may be provided to us by you, or derived from the usage patterns of particular users on our services and\/or services of third parties. Such information may be gathered through tracking users\u2019 activities across time and unaffiliated properties, including when you leave our services. To accomplish this, we or our service providers may deliver cookies, including a file (known as a \u201cweb beacon\u201d) from an ad network to you through our services. Web beacons allow ad networks to provide anonymized, aggregated auditing, research and reporting for us and for advertisers. Web beacons also enable ad networks to serve targeted advertisements to you when you visit other websites. Web beacons allow ad networks to view, edit or set their own cookies on your browser, just as if you had requested a web page from their site.<\/p><p>Users in the European Union should visit the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance\u2019s user information website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youronlinechoices.eu\/\">http:\/\/www.youronlinechoices.eu\/<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-844859b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"844859b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"legaldisclosures\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Legal Disclosures<\/strong><\/p><p>In this section, we have included some legally required disclosures under U.S. state and European Union (\u201cEU\u201d)\/United Kingdom (\u201cUK\u201d) privacy laws. If you are a resident of the EU, UK, Lichtenstein, Norway or Iceland, please see the corresponding\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gedmatch.com\/terms-of-service-privacy-policy-may-31-2023\/#euukresidents\">\u201cEU and UK Data Subject Rights\u201d section<\/a> below.\u00a0 Alternatively, if you reside in California, please see the corresponding\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gedmatch.com\/terms-of-service-privacy-policy-may-31-2023\/#caresidents\">\u201cInformation for California Residents\u201d<\/a>\u00a0section or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gedmatch.com\/terms-of-service-privacy-policy-may-31-2023\/#varesidents\">\u201cInformation for Virginia Residents\u201d<\/a>\u00a0section, respectively. If there are any conflicts between any section of this Privacy Policy and any provision of the Terms of Service or other section of this Privacy Policy, the portion that is more protective of personal information in your country or state of residence shall control to the extent of such conflict. While these laws apply only to residents of the specified jurisdictions, all users have the ability to change, correct or delete their information through their account settings or by contacting us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:support@gedmatch.com\">support@gedmatch.com<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b92e6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b92e6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"pi\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Personal Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This chart details the categories of Personal Information that we collect and have collected over the past 12 months:<\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p><strong>Category of Personal Information&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<p><strong>Examples of Personal Information We Collect<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p><strong>How We Use Personal Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<p><strong>Categories of Third Parties With Whom We Disclose this Personal Information:<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p>Profile or Contact Data<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>First and last name<\/li>\n<li>Alias<\/li>\n<li>Email<\/li>\n<li>Unique identifiers such as passwords<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p>To enable you to create an account and log in to and use GEDmatch, to communicate with you (including to provide support and answer questions), to understand how our users interact with GEDmatch, and to improve our offerings.<\/p>\n<p>We also use this information in accordance with your specific opt-in\/opt-out settings for law enforcement and familial genealogical research purposes, as described in more detail above.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Service Providers<\/li>\n<li>Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p>Payment Data and Commercial Information About Your Transactions with Us<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Payment card type<\/li>\n<li>Last 4 digits of payment card<\/li>\n<li>Bank account number<\/li>\n<li>Billing address, phone number, and email<\/li>\n<li>Information on checks you send us<\/li>\n<li>Information about Tier1 level subscriptions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p>To receive and process payment for the Tier1 version of GEDmatch, and to provide you with the GEDmatch service.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Service Providers (specifically our payment processing partners, currently&nbsp;Network Merchants, LLC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p>Device\/IP Data<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>IP address<\/li>\n<li>Device ID<\/li>\n<li>Domain server<\/li>\n<li>Type of device\/operating system\/browser used to access the GEDmatch services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p>To provide the GEDmatch services, to understand how our users interact with GEDmatch, and to improve our offerings.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Service Providers<\/li>\n<li>Analytics Partners<\/li>\n<li>Advertising Partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p>Web Analytics<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Web page interactions<\/li>\n<li>Referring webpage\/source through which you accessed the Services<\/li>\n<li>Non-identifiable request IDs<\/li>\n<li>Statistics associated with the interaction between device or browser and the GEDmatch services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p>To provide the GEDmatch services, to understand how our users interact with GEDmatch, and to improve our offerings.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Service Providers<\/li>\n<li>Analytics Partners<\/li>\n<li>Advertising Partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p>Consumer Demographic Data<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Gender<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p>To provide the GEDmatch services, to understand how our users interact with GEDmatch, and to improve our offerings.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Service Providers<\/li>\n<li>Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p>Biometric Data<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Y-DNA or mtDNA haplogroup<\/li>\n<li>Genetic sequence\/information<\/li>\n<li>Genealogy data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p>To provide the GEDmatch services, and in accordance with your specific opt-in\/opt-out settings.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Service Providers<\/li>\n<li>Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p>Photos, Videos and Recordings<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Photos, videos or recordings of you when you provide a testimonial<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p>To understand how our users interact with GEDmatch and to improve our offerings.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Service Providers<\/li>\n<li>Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p>Categories of Data Considered \u201cSensitive\u201d Under the California Privacy Rights Act and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>A person\u2019s account log-in, financial account, debit card, or credit card number in combination with any required security or access code, password, or credentials allowing access to an account<\/li>\n<li>Genetic data<\/li>\n<li>Y-DNA or mtDNA haplogroup<\/li>\n<li>Geneology data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p>To enable you to create an account and log in to and use GEDmatch, to communicate with you (including to provide support and answer questions), to understand how our users interact with GEDmatch, and to improve our offerings.<\/p>\n<p>To provide the GEDmatch services, and in accordance with your specific opt-in\/opt-out settings.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Service Providers<\/li>\n<li>Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\">\n<p>Other Identifying Information that You Voluntarily Choose to Provide<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Identifying information in emails or letters you send us, or in Content you post via a GEDmatch discussion forum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"24%\">\n<p>To provide the GEDmatch services, to understand how our users interact with GEDmatch, and to improve our offerings.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"30%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Service Providers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>In addition to the specific uses described above, we also use personal information for fraud protection, security and debugging purposes, and we may use and disclose personal information for meeting legal requirements and enforcing legal terms, as described in more detail in our Terms of Service.<\/p>\n<p>We will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated or incompatible purposes without providing you notice. If you are a California resident, please note that we only use or disclose your sensitive personal information for the purposes set forth in section 7027(m) of the CCPA regulations and we do not collect or process sensitive personal information with the purpose of inferring any characteristics about California residents.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0438293 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0438293\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"categories\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Categories of Sources of Personal Information<\/em><\/p><p>We collect personal information about you from the following categories of sources:<\/p><ul><li><strong>You<\/strong><ul><li><u>When you provide such information directly to us<\/u>.<ul><li>When you create an account or use our interactive tools and Services.<\/li><li>When you voluntarily provide information in free-form text boxes through the Services or through responses to surveys or questionnaires.<\/li><li>When you send us an email or otherwise contact us.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><u>When you use the Services and such information is collected automatically<\/u>.<ul><li>Through Cookies (defined in the \u201cTracking Tools, Advertising and Opt-Out\u201d section below).<\/li><li>If you use a location-enabled browser, we may receive information about your location and mobile device, as applicable.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Public Records<\/strong><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>From the government or other sources.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Third Parties<\/strong><ul><li><u>Vendors<\/u><ul><li>We may use analytics providers to analyze how you interact and engage with the Services, or third parties may help us provide you with customer support.<\/li><li>We may use vendors to obtain information to generate leads and create user profiles.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><u>Advertising Partners<\/u><ul><li>We receive information about you from some of our vendors who assist us with marketing or promotional services related to how you interact with our websites, applications, products, Services, advertisements or communications.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><u>Third-Party Credentials<\/u><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>If you provide your third-party account credentials, such as your social network account credentials, to us or otherwise sign in to the Services through a third-party site or service, some content and\/or information in those accounts may be transmitted into your account with us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c085c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46c085c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"howwedisclosepersonalinfo\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>How We Disclose Your Personal Information <\/strong><\/p><p>We disclose your personal information to the categories of service providers and other parties listed in this section. Depending on state laws that may be applicable to you, some data sharing we engage in through our use of retargeted advertising cookies may constitute a \u201csale\u201d of your personal information, as discussed further below. For more information, please refer to the state-specific sections below.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong>Service Providers.<\/strong> These parties help us provide the Services or perform business functions on our behalf. They include:<ul><li>Hosting, technology and communication providers.<\/li><li>Security and fraud prevention consultants.<\/li><li>Support and customer service vendors.<\/li><li>Product fulfillment and delivery providers.<\/li><li>Payment processors.<ul><li>Our payment processing partner Network Merchants, LLC (\u201cNMI\u201d) collects your voluntarily-provided payment card information necessary to process your payment.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Analytics Partners<\/strong>. These parties provide analytics on web traffic or usage of the Services. They include:<ul><li>Companies that track how users found or were referred to the Services.<\/li><li>Companies that track how users interact with the Services.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Advertising Partners. <\/strong>These parties help us market our services and provide you with other offers that may be of interest to you. They include:<ul><li>Ad networks.<\/li><li>Marketing providers.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Parties You Authorize, Access or Authenticate<\/strong><ul><li>Third parties you authorize via the privacy option that you select when you upload Raw Data, such as GEDmatch and GEDmatch PRO users.<\/li><li>Social media services for authentication purposes.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c5d79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1c5d79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"privacychoices\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Your Privacy Choices<\/strong><\/p><p>When you provide the DNA kit, you will be asked to select from four privacy options related to how we conduct matching of DNA kits submitted to our database. For additional detail regarding these privacy options, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gedmatch.com\/terms-of-service-november-22-2024\/#dnadata\">please see the description here<\/a>\u00a0in our Terms of Service. This information will also be presented to you in the user interface at the time of upload.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2322206 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2322206\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"caresidents\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Information for California Residents<\/strong><\/p><p>Under the CCPA, California residents have certain rights regarding their data, including:<\/p><p><em>Access<\/em><\/p><p>You have the right to request certain information about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. In response, we will provide you with the following information:<\/p><ul><li>The categories of personal information that we have collected about you.<\/li><li>The categories of sources from which that personal information was collected.<\/li><li>The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your personal information.<\/li><li>The categories of third parties with whom we have disclosed your personal information.<\/li><li>The specific pieces of personal information that we have collected about you.<\/li><\/ul><p>If we have disclosed your personal information to any third parties for a business purpose over the past 12 months, we will identify the categories of personal information disclosed with each category of third party recipient.<\/p><p><em>Deletion<\/em><\/p><p>You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected about you. Under the CCPA, this right is subject to certain exceptions: for example, we may need to retain your personal information to provide you with the GEDmatch services or complete a transaction or other action you have requested, or if deletion of your personal\u00a0information involves disproportionate effort. If your deletion request is subject to one of these exceptions, we may deny your deletion request. If you have a GEDmatch account, you can also delete your information through your account settings.<\/p><p><em>Correction<\/em><\/p><p>You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal\u00a0information we have collected about you. Under the CCPA, this right is subject to certain exceptions: for example, if we decide, based on the totality of circumstances related to your personal\u00a0information, that such personal\u00a0information is correct. If your correction request is subject to one of these exceptions, we may deny your request.<\/p><p><em>Cookies Data Sales and Sharing Opt-Out<\/em><\/p><p>In this section, we use the terms \u201cselling\u201d and \u201csharing\u201d as they are defined in the CCPA. As described in the Cookies section above, we have incorporated cookies from certain third parties on the GEDmatch website. These cookies allow those third parties to receive certain information about your interaction with the website that is associated with your browser or device.\u00a0 Those third parties may use that data to serve you relevant ads on our services or on other websites you visit. Under the CCPA, our sharing your personal information (specifically, Device\/IP Data and Web Analytics) obtained through third party cookies for online advertising (\u201cCookies\u201d) may be considered a \u201csale\u201d of information and may also constitute \u201csharing\u201d for cross-context behavioral advertising under the CCPA. You can opt out of our selling and sharing of your Cookies by following the instructions in this section.<\/p><p>We sell and\/or share (and, over the past 12 months, we have sold and\/or shared) your Cookies\u00a0 to and\/or with Advertising Partners for the following business or commercial purposes:<\/p><ul><li>Marketing and selling our services.<\/li><li>Showing you advertisements, including interest-based or online behavioral advertising.<\/li><\/ul><p>You have the right to opt-out of the sale and\/or sharing of your Cookies. You can opt-out using the following methods:<\/p><ul><li>By implementing the Global Privacy Control or similar control that is legally recognized by a government agency or industry standard and that complies with applicable laws. Note that this must be initiated through your browser and applies to your specific device and browser used at the time you cast the signal. Please note this does not include Do Not Track signals.<\/li><li>Email us at:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gedmatch@verogen.com\">support@gedmatch.com<\/a><\/li><li>Call us at: (858) 285-4101<\/li><\/ul><p>Once you have submitted an opt-out request, we will not ask you to reauthorize the sale and\/or sharing of your Cookies for at least 12 months.<\/p><p>To our knowledge, we do not sell or share the personal\u00a0information of minors under 16 years of age.<\/p><p><em>We Will Not Discriminate Against You for Exercising Your Rights Under the CCPA<\/em><\/p><p>We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA. We will not deny you our goods or services, charge you different prices or rates, or provide you a lower quality of goods and services if you exercise your rights under the CCPA. However, we may offer different tiers of our services as allowed by applicable data privacy laws (including the CCPA) with varying prices, rates or levels of quality of the goods or services you receive related to the value of personal\u00a0information that we receive from you.<\/p><p>Other California Resident Rights<\/p><p>Under California Civil Code Sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to contact us to prevent disclosure of personal information to third parties for such third parties\u2019 direct marketing purposes; in order to submit such a request, please contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:support@gedmatch.com\">support@gedmatch.com<\/a>.<\/p><p>If you are a resident of California, you have a right to file a complaint alleging a violation under the California Genetic Information Privacy Act (\u201cCalifornia GIPA\u201d) with California\u2019s Attorney General or other applicable state officials. To file a complaint alleging a violation under California GIPA, please contact:<\/p><ul><li>California\u2019s Attorney General:<\/li><li>Webform:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/contact\/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company\">https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/contact\/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>Phone number (toll-free in California): (800) 952-5225<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>District Attorney:<ul><li>Contact information for county district attorneys is available at: https:\/\/www.cdaa.org\/district-attorney-roster<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>If applicable, you may also file a complaint alleging a violation under California GIPA by contacting the applicable state officials listed below:<\/p><ul><li>County counsel authorized by agreement with the district attorney in actions involving violation of a county ordinance;<\/li><li>City attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000;<\/li><li>City attorney in a city and county (for example, city attorneys listed at: https:\/\/www.cdaa.org\/city-attorney-roster); or<\/li><li>With the consent of the district attorney, a city prosecutor in a city having a full-time city prosecutor in the name of the people of the State of California.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-738da9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"738da9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"nvresidents\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Information for Nevada Residents<\/strong><\/p><p>If you are a resident of Nevada, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of certain personal information to third parties who intend to license or sell that personal information. Please note that we do not currently sell your personal information as sales are defined in Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48f9577 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48f9577\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"varesidents\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Information for Virginia Residents<\/strong><\/p><p>If you are a Virginia resident, you have the rights set forth under the VCDPA. Please see the \u201cExercising Your Rights\u201d section below for instructions regarding how to exercise these rights. Please note that we may process personal\u00a0information of our customers\u2019 end users or employees in connection with our provision of certain services to our customers. If we are processing your personal\u00a0information as a service provider, you should contact the entity that collected your personal\u00a0information in the first instance to address your rights with respect to such data. Additionally, please note that these rights are subject to certain conditions and exceptions under applicable law, which may permit or require us to deny your request.<\/p><p>If there are any conflicts between this section and any other provision of this Privacy Policy and you are a Virginia resident, the portion that is more protective of personal\u00a0information shall control to the extent of such conflict. If you have any questions about this section or whether any of the following rights apply to you, please contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gedmatch@verogen.com\">support@gedmatch.com<\/a>.<\/p><p>Access<\/p><p>You have the right to request confirmation of whether or not we are processing your personal\u00a0information and to access your personal\u00a0information.<\/p><p>Correction<\/p><p>You have the right to correct inaccuracies in your personal\u00a0information, to the extent such correction is appropriate in consideration of the nature of such data and our purposes of processing your personal\u00a0information.<\/p><p>Portability<\/p><p>You have the right to request a copy of your personal\u00a0information in a machine-readable format, to the extent technically feasible.<\/p><p>Deletion<\/p><p>You have the right to delete personal\u00a0information you have provided to us or we have obtained about you.<\/p><p>Consent or \u201cOpt-in\u201d Required and How to Withdraw<\/p><p>We may seek your consent to collect or process certain personal\u00a0information, including Sensitive Data.<\/p><p>If you would like to withdraw your consent, please follow the instructions under the \u201cExercising Your Rights under State Privacy Laws\u201d section.<\/p><p>Opt-Out of Certain Processing Activities<\/p><p>We process your personal\u00a0information for targeted advertising purposes. You have the right to opt-out of the processing of your personal\u00a0information for targeted advertising purposes. To opt-out of our processing of personal\u00a0information obtained through third party cookies for online advertising purposes, please follow the method described in the \u201cExercising Your Rights under CCPA and VCDPA\u201d section.<\/p><p>You have the right to opt-out from the processing of your personal\u00a0information for the purposes of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects to you, if applicable.<\/p><p>Appealing a Denial<\/p><p>If we refuse to take action on a request within a reasonable period of time after receiving your request in accordance with this section. In such appeal, you must (1) provide sufficient information (including account login credentials, first name, last name and\/or email address) to allow us to verify that you are the person about whom the original request pertains and to identify the original request, and (2) provide a description of the basis of your appeal. Please note that your appeal will be subject to your rights and obligations afforded to you under the VCDPA. We will respond to your appeal within 60 days of receiving your request. If we deny your appeal, you have the right to contact the Virginia Attorney General using the methods described at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oag.state.va.us\/consumer-protection\/index.php\/file-a-complaint\">https:\/\/www.oag.state.va.us\/consumer-protection\/index.php\/file-a-complaint<\/a>.<\/p><p>You may appeal a decision by us using the following methods:<\/p><p>Email us at:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gedmatch@verogen.com\">support@gedmatch.com<\/a>\u00a0(title must include \u201cVCDPA Appeal\u201d)<\/p><p>Call us at: (858) 285-4101<\/p><p>Other Virginia Resident Rights<\/p><p>If you have a complaint, we encourage you to reach out to us at <a href=\"mailto:gedmatch@verogen.com\">support@gedmatch.com<\/a>. If you are a resident of Virginia, you have a right to file a complaint alleging a violation under Virginia\u2019s Genetic Information Privacy Act (\u201cVirginia GIPA\u201d) with Virginia\u2019s Attorney General. You can find information relating to filing a complaint on the Virginia Attorney General\u2019s website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oag.state.va.us\/consumer-protection\/index.php\/file-a-complaint\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3b888c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3b888c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"ccpavcdpa\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Exercising Your Rights under CCPA and VCDPA<\/strong><\/p><p>To exercise the rights described in this Privacy Policy, you or, if you are a California resident, your Authorized Agent (defined below) must send us a request that (1) provides sufficient information (including account login credentials, first name, last name and\/or email address) to allow us to verify that you are the person about whom we have collected personal\u00a0information, and (2) describes your request in sufficient detail to allow us to understand, evaluate and respond to it. Each request that meets both of these criteria will be considered a \u201cValid Request.\u201d We may not respond to requests that do not meet these criteria. We will only use personal\u00a0information provided in a Valid Request to verify your identity and complete your request. You do not need an account to submit a Valid Request.<\/p><p>We will work to respond to your Valid Request within the time period required by applicable law. We will not charge you a fee for making a Valid Request unless your Valid Request(s) is excessive, repetitive or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that your Valid Request warrants a fee, we will notify you of the fee and explain that decision before completing your request.<\/p><p>You may submit a Valid Request using the following methods:<\/p><p>Email us at:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gedmatch@verogen.com\">support@gedmatch.com<\/a><\/p><p>Call us at: (858) 285-4101<\/p><p>If you are a California resident, you may also authorize an agent (an \u201cAuthorized Agent\u201d) to exercise your rights on your behalf. To do this, you must provide your Authorized Agent with written permission to exercise your rights on your behalf, and we may request a copy of this written permission from your Authorized Agent when they make a request on your behalf.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56673a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56673a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"waresidents\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Information for Washington Residents<\/strong><\/p><p>If you are a resident of Washington state, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gedmatch.com\/washington-consumer-health-data-privacy-policy\/\">Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy<\/a> for additional information about the processing of your health data and your rights under the Washington My Health My Data Act.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0bd35a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0bd35a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"euukresidents\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Information for European Union and United Kingdom Residents<\/strong><\/p><p>If you are a resident of the EU, UK, Lichtenstein, Norway or Iceland, you may have additional rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the \u201cGDPR\u201d) or the UK Data Protection Act with respect to your personal data, as outlined below. For this section, we use the terms \u201cpersonal data\u201d and \u201cprocessing\u201d as they are defined in the GDPR, but \u201cpersonal data\u201d generally means information that can be used to individually identify a person, and \u201cprocessing\u201d generally covers actions that can be performed in connection with data such as collection, use, storage and disclosure. Verogen will be the controller of your personal data processed in connection with the GEDmatch services.<\/p><p><em>Personal Data We Collect<\/em><\/p><p>The \u201cGEDmatch Collection and Use of Information\u201d section and the chart above detail the personal data that we collect.<\/p><p><em>Personal Data of Children<\/em><\/p><p>We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data from children under 16 years of age; if you are a child under the age of 16, please do not attempt to register for or otherwise use GEDmatch or send us any personal data. If we learn we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a child under 16 years of age may have provided personal data to us, please contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gedmatch@verogen.com\">Support@gedmatch.com.<\/a><\/p><p><em>Personal Data Use and Processing Grounds<\/em><\/p><p>We will only process your personal data if we have a lawful basis for doing so. We process your personal data as a matter of contractual necessity to provide you with the GEDmatch services. For example, we need your contact information in order to enable your account, provide support and communicate with you, your payment information to provide you with the Tier1 level of services if selected by you, and, at your option, your DNA and genealogical data so that you can use the GEDmatch services for genealogical purposes. We also process your personal data when we believe it furthers the legitimate interests of us or third parties. For example, we process your device ID and we generate web analytics in order to understand how our users use GEDmatch, so that we can improve GEDmatch for everyone. In some cases, we process personal data based on the consent you expressly grant to us at the time we collect such data. For example, your personal data will only be processed for law enforcement and\/or research access when you expressly opt in, as described in more detail above. When we process personal data based on your consent, it will be expressly indicated to you at the point and time of collection. From time to time we may also need to process personal data to comply with a legal obligation, if it is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or other data subjects, or if it is necessary for a task carried out in the public interest.<\/p><p><em>EU and UK Data Subject Rights<\/em><\/p><p>You have certain rights with respect to your personal data, including those set forth below. For more information about these rights, or to submit a request, please email us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gedmatch@verogen.com\">Support@gedmatch.com.<\/a>\u00a0Please note that in some circumstances, we may not be able to fully comply with your request, such as if it is frivolous or extremely impractical, if it jeopardizes the rights of others, or if it is not required by law, but in those circumstances, we will still respond to notify you of such a decision. In some cases, we may also need you to provide us with additional information, which may include personal data, if necessary to verify your identity and the nature of your request.<\/p><ul><li><strong>Access<\/strong>:\u00a0You can request more information about the personal data we hold about you and request a copy of such personal data. If you are an account holder, you can also access certain of your personal data by logging on to your account.<\/li><li><strong>Rectification<\/strong>:\u00a0If you believe that any personal data we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, you can request that we correct or supplement such data. You can also correct some of this information directly by logging on to your account.<\/li><li><strong>Erasure<\/strong>:\u00a0You can request that we erase some or all of your personal data from our systems.<\/li><li><strong>Withdrawal of Consent<\/strong>:\u00a0If we are processing your personal data based on your consent (as indicated at the time of collection of such data), you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.<\/li><li><strong>Portability<\/strong>:\u00a0You can ask for a copy of your personal data in a machine-readable format. You can also request that we transmit the data to another controller where technically feasible.<\/li><li><strong>Objection<\/strong>:\u00a0You can contact us to let us know that you object to the further use or disclosure of your personal data for certain purposes.<\/li><li><strong>Restriction of Processing<\/strong>:\u00a0You can ask us to restrict further processing of your personal data.<\/li><li><strong>Right to File Complaint<\/strong>:\u00a0You have the right to lodge a complaint about our practices with respect to your personal data with the supervisory authority of your country or EU Member State. A list of Supervisory Authorities is available here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edpb.europa.eu\/about-edpb\/board\/members_en\">https:\/\/edpb.europa.eu\/about-edpb\/board\/members_en<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><em>Transfers of Personal Data<\/em><\/p><p>The GEDmatch service is operated by Verogen, a company based in the United States. You acknowledge that any personal data you submit to, or that is collected by, the GEDmatch service is received by Verogen in the U.S. and will be hosted on U.S. servers or may, in the future, be hosted on EU servers operated by Verogen or its service providers. This is necessary for Verogen to be able to provide you with the GEDmatch services as requested by you and set forth in these Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you do not wish for your data to be processed and hosted in the U.S. or in the EU, please do not use the GEDmatch services. While Verogen receives or collects personal data directly from you as the EU or UK data subject, Verogen takes the protection of your personal data seriously. In some circumstances, your personal data may be transferred to the U.S. pursuant to a data processing agreement incorporating standard data protection clauses.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796009f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"796009f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"dpf\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Data Privacy Frameworks<\/b><\/p><p>Verogen complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (\u201cEU-U.S. DPF\u201d), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF (\u201cUK-U.S. DPF\u201d), and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (\u201cSwiss-U.S. DPF\u201d) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Verogen has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (\u201cEU-U.S. DPF Principles\u201d) with regard to the processing of all personal data received from the European Union in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and in reliance on the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF (the \u201cUK-US DPF Principles\u201d) as to the processing of all personal data received from the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar). Verogen has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (\u201cSwiss-U.S. DPF Principles\u201d) with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. DPF.\u00a0 If there is any conflict between the terms in this Privacy Policy and the EU-U.S. DPF Principles, the UK-U.S. DPF Principles, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the EU-U.S. DPF Principles, the UK-U.S. DPF Principles, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles shall govern.\u00a0 To learn more about the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-US DPF, and to view our certification, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataprivacyframework.gov\/\">https:\/\/www.dataprivacyframework.gov\/<\/a>.<\/p><p>The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction over Verogen\u2019s compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF. This Privacy Policy describes the types of Personal Data we collect, the purposes for which we collect and use your Personal Data, and the purposes for which we disclose your Personal Data to certain types of third parties in the sections above.\u00a0 Pursuant to the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, EU, UK, and Swiss individuals have the right to obtain our confirmation of whether we maintain Personal Data relating to them in the U.S. Upon request, we will provide EU, UK, and Swiss individuals with access to the Personal Data that we hold about them. EU, UK, and Swiss individuals may also correct, amend, or delete the Personal Data we hold about them where it is inaccurate, or has been processed in violation of the EU-U.S. DPF Principles, the UK-U.S. DPF Principles, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, except where the burden or expense of providing access would be disproportionate to the risks to the individual\u2019s privacy in the case in question, or where the rights of persons other than the individual would be violated. An EU, UK, and Swiss individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data transferred to the U.S. under the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, should direct their query to\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"mailto:support@gedmatch.com\">support@gedmatch.com<\/a>. If requested to remove data, we will respond within a reasonable timeframe. For more information about rights afforded to EU, UK, and Swiss individuals, please see the \u201cEuropean Union, United Kingdom, and Swiss Data Subject Rights\u201d section of this Privacy Policy.\u00a0<\/p><p>In addition, under the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, we will provide EU, UK, and Swiss individuals with the choice to opt-out from the sharing of their Personal Data with any third parties (other than our agents or those that act on our behalf or under our instruction), or before we use it for a purpose that is materially different from the purpose for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized.\u00a0<\/p><p>We will provide EU, UK, and Swiss individuals with the choice to opt-in to sharing their sensitive Personal Data with any third parties or if we plan to process their Personal Data for a purpose other than those for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized. EU, UK, and Swiss individuals may request to limit the use and disclosure of your Personal Data by submitting a written request to\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"mailto:support@gedmatch.com\">support@gedmatch.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><p>In addition to any other disclosures described in our Privacy Policy, in certain situations, we may be required to disclose Personal Data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.\u00a0<\/p><p>Verogen\u2019s accountability for Personal Data that it receives in the U.S. under the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on our behalf is described in the EU-U.S. DPF Principles, the UK-U.S. DPF Principles, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles. In particular, Verogen remains liable under the EU-U.S. DPF Principles, the UK-U.S. DPF Principles, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles if our agents process Personal Data in a manner inconsistent with the EU-U.S. DPF Principles, the UK-U.S. DPF Principles, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, unless Verogen proves that we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.<\/p><p>In compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, Verogen commits to resolve EU-U.S. DPF Principles, UK-U.S. DPF Principles, and Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles-related complaints about our collection and use of your Personal Data. EU, UK, and Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our handling of personal data received in reliance on the DPF should first contact Verogen at <a href=\"mailto:support@gedmatch.com\">support@gedmatch.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><p>Verogen has further committed to refer unresolved complaints under the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF program to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, Data Privacy Framework Services, operated by BBB National Programs. If you are an EU, UK, or Swiss individual and you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your EU-U.S. DPF Principles, UK-U.S. DPF Principles, or Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles-related complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbbprograms.org\/dpf-complaints\">www.bbbprograms.org\/dpf-complaints<\/a> for more information and to file a complaint. This service is provided free of charge to you.\u00a0<\/p><p>If your EU-U.S. DPF , the UK-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF complaint cannot be resolved through the above channels, under certain conditions, you may invoke binding arbitration for some residual claims not resolved by other redress mechanisms. See Annex 1 of the Data Privacy Framework Principles, located at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataprivacyframework.gov\/framework-article\/ANNEX-I-introduction\">https:\/\/www.dataprivacyframework.gov\/framework-article\/ANNEX-I-introduction<\/a>.<\/p><p>Contacting Us<\/p><div><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 1rem;\">If you are located in the European Union or the United Kingdom, you may use the following information to contact our Data Protection Officer and our European Union-Based Member Representative:<\/span><\/div><ul><li>For our EU Representative, individuals and data protection supervisory authorities in the EU and the UK may contact our data protection representatives according to Articles 27 EU and UK GDPR:<\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><ul><li>EU Mail: DP-Dock GmbH, Attn: Verogen Inc., Ballindamm 39, 20095 Hamburg, Germany<\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><ul><li>UK Mail: DP Data Protection Services UK Ltd., Attn: Verogen Inc., 16 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 5AH, United Kingdom<\/li><li>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:verogen@gdpr-rep.com\">verogen@gdpr-rep.com<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><ul><li>For our Data Protection Officer:<\/li><li>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dpo@verogen.com\">dpo@verogen.com<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d519a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d519a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"dataretention\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Data Retention<\/strong><\/p><p>We retain personal information about you for as long as you have an open account with us or as otherwise necessary to provide you with the GEDmatch services. See the \u201cSecurity\u201d section about our retention and deletion of original uploaded files.\u00a0 When establishing a retention period for specific categories of data, we consider who we collected the data from, our need for the personal information, why we collected the personal information, and the sensitivity of the personal information. In some cases we retain personal information for longer, if doing so is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes or collect fees owed, or is otherwise permitted or required by applicable law, rule or regulation. We may further retain information in an anonymous or aggregated form where that information would not identify you personally.<\/p><p>For example:<\/p><ul><li>We retain your profile information (including your DNA kits) and credentials for as long as you have an account with us.<\/li><li>We retain your payment data for as long as we need to process your purchase or subscription.<\/li><li>We retain your device\/IP data for as long as we need it to ensure that our systems are working appropriately, effectively and efficiently.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47308c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47308c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"policyupdates\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Updates to This Policy<\/strong><\/p><p>We may update the GEDmatch.com Privacy Policy at any time. We will inform you of updates by posting an announcement on the Site, by sending you an email and\/or by some other means. You agree to review the updated terms and policy, and by continuing to use the Site after we have posted a notice on the Site about the update, you accept the changes to the GEDmatch.com Privacy Policy. Please note that if you\u2019ve opted not to receive legal notice emails from us, those legal notices will still govern your use of our services, and you are still responsible for reading and understanding them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b9b4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66b9b4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"contactus\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Contact us:<\/strong><\/p><p>Verogen Inc. is incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA<\/p><p>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:support@gedmatch.com\">support@gedmatch.com<\/a><\/p><p>US Mail:<\/p><p>Verogen, Inc.<br \/>19300 Germantown Road<br \/>Germantown, Maryland 20874<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Privacy Policy Effective Date: October 21, 2025 Welcome to GEDmatch. 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