Gggrrrrrr!! Private Tree on Ancestry photos copied

[Tricia_2]

I used to worry a lot about this sort of thing, and get angry and upset, but now I worry much less. The more we share info, photos, etc, the more we learn about our ancestors.

As I said, I generally only worry about very private family pictures or info that relates to living people or their close relatives and which might, therefore, cause upset.

I suppose it's different if people are being deliberately unpleasant but just sharing info on trees is helpful to everyone, I think

[jamesharry1921]

i agree with you tricia-2 why have your tree on any site if you dont want others to see it just keep it at home , life,s to short to worry about family tree,s being copied carol

[Plummiegirl]

Has anyone mentioned the fact that there are more copies of the same photos around!

I had a very precious 'one off' photo of my g/grandmother with a written dedication to my granddad.

When her 2 last surviving daughters died, found the same photo in their collections, but not signed.

And how many times over the years when we have had photos developed (before digital) and someone has asked for a copy, so off you popped back to the chemist or shop to get more copies of one or more photos.

Just a thought

[ocgotme]

Just an FYI, but if your photos make it on to a public tree at any point, they will show up in a Google images search for that name. So even if you have the person remove it from their tree, it will still be out there.

[Rudolf H B]

There is one rule in the World Wide Web (Web 2.0):

If you want to keep something private,
keep it out!

Rules might be changed,
websites might be sold,
content might be hacked and stolen ...

Best regards
Rudolf H. Boettcher

NB: I am tagged on reindeer photos only ...

[panic]

There are two settings in privacy on ancestry - one is to make your tree public/private and the other is to be excluded from searches. If you simply set a tree private without removing the search element then it will appear in searches, so if you wonder why things show up on a search and subsequently say private this is why.

If you are concerned don't put stuff online, which is a shame as hope we are in this hobby to share.


For images, get a thumbnailer and put a thumbnail sized image online.
For stories, convert to an image, if its copied it won't be changed, so can control how it looks.


There are issues though, if you don't want stuff seen, why put it online. Remember sites like ancestry have costs, so they want to use whatever you put online.

[Plummiegirl]

Whilst you keep your tree Private and only allow certain people access.  Asking them not to share your photos etc.

If they have a Public Tree and put those said photos on there, there is no way anyone can be stopped from copying these photos.

It is an age old problem.

I now never give anyone access to my tree.  I will share information once I have established a connection but that is where it all ends.  Once bitten twice shy......

[iluleah]

There is one rule in the World Wide Web (Web 2.0):

If you want to keep something private,
keep it out!

Rules might be changed,
websites might be sold,
content might be hacked and stolen ...

Best regards
Rudolf H. Boettcher

NB: I am tagged on reindeer photos only ...

Oh Rudolf I LOVE that

[iluleah]

I have to say I worry  however why worry about things you are in control over, you simply do not post your tree online and you simply do not post your photo's online, it is in your control and there is plenty of FH software available free so it is very easy to keep your tree private as in on your own computer. That way it is not harvested by the website or any harvesters who happen along to view it and fancy adding it to their tree, you can still share what you want, when you want and how you want

I am just thankful I do not post my tree online and still share with others who are researchers but never harvesters and I have that choice, having used it many time even on here when people PM and only want a Gedcom and when they do not get it they "disappear to whence they came" never to be heard of again...