Joao C, Actually, FTDNA prefers that you NOT make it anonymous on your end when creating the Gedcom and then to chose the privacy settings when you upload it to their site.
Many people mark the living private when creating the Gedcom. They upload it to FTDNA and they ask if you want the living to be marked private. So if the user says yes again, it is UNMARKED private, because it undoes the previous command/setting/tech thing. Tish, I don't understand why you say FTDNA is doing a breach to our privacy. They aren't installing anything on our computers. They aren't stealing banking info. They give us the choice as to what we want to share or not share. However, their directions about how to do it (paragraph above) isn't clear at all. All I know is that the IT/Engineering guys are going to have to wear a suit of armor from head to toe, because there are a lot of admins who are going to throw rotten tomatoes at them at the conference next month! LOL Cheri On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:14 AM, João Ventura <j...@venturas.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I find it interesting that it's their problem all of a sudden! > > YOU have uploaded data with private information to a third party. That > third party has decided to apply a filter on that data that you don't like. > Fine, So you decide to filter out everything on the data they present to > others. > > Have you ever considered that you should have applied that filter BEFORE > you uploaded that data? I'm pretty sure your genealogy program allows you > to 'anonymise' living persons. Just export a GEDCOM filtered the way you > like at the source and you shouldn't need to worry about having FTDNA come > up with filters that suit your taste. > > João Ventura > http://tombo.pt/en > > On Sunday, 14 September 2014 23:55:41 UTC+2, sfig wrote: >> >> I have made everything private. Until they fix their problem I intend to >> do so. I feel their system is a breach of our privacy. >> Tish >> >> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Cheri Mello <gfsc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I know. It feels like they released a beta to the public!! They know. >>> They have a bunch of admins up in arms. And the conference is next month. >>> IT/Engineering is going to have to go in body armor! Or they are going to >>> have to search us admins for rotten tomatoes because IT/Engineering may get >>> some!! >>> >>> >>> Cheri Mello >>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >>> Tainhas, Achada >>> >>> -- >>> For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >>> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the >>> right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my >>> membership." >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> sfig >> Researching >> Island: Santa Maria >> Freguesia: Santa Barbara >> > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
