Our Privacy Promise
Your Family Story Belongs to Your Family
At Genora, we believe family relationships, memories, and stories are among the most personal and meaningful information people can preserve.
Genora exists to help families connect across generations, preserve their history, and strengthen their understanding of where they belong.
Your family story belongs to your family — not to advertisers, data brokers, or third parties.
Our Core Promise
Genora will never sell family relationship data or use family connections for advertising purposes.
We will never sell, rent, or trade:
- Family relationship information
- Family trees
- Connections between individuals
- Family member networks
- Personal family histories
- Family memories
- Private family content
Your family relationships are not a product.
They are part of your identity, your history, and your legacy.
We Do Not Build Advertising Profiles
Many online platforms use personal information to create advertising profiles. Genora takes a different approach. We do not use your family connections to:
- Target advertisements
- Predict consumer behavior
- Build marketing profiles
- Identify commercial opportunities
- Recommend products based on your family relationships
Your relationship with your family should never become a source of advertising intelligence.
Your Family Data Remains Yours
When you create a family tree, upload photographs, share stories, or document memories, you retain ownership of your contributions. Genora does not claim ownership of:
- Your family photographs
- Your stories
- Your memories
- Your personal history
- Your family contributions
You grant Genora only the limited permissions required to operate the platform and provide the services you choose to use.
Privacy by Design
Privacy is not an additional feature of Genora. It is part of how we build the platform.
Genora is designed around the following principles:
Private by Default
Family information should not automatically become public.
Users and families control:
- Who can view their family tree
- Who can participate
- What memories are shared
- What information is visible
Family-Controlled Sharing
Families decide how they want to participate. Genora supports different levels of sharing:
- Private Family
- Only invited family members can access the family network.
- Extended Family
- Approved relatives can contribute and view shared information.
- Discoverable Family
- Limited information may help relatives find the correct family network while protecting private details.
No Public People Database
Genora is not designed to be a public directory of individuals.
We do not provide unrestricted access to:
- Private family relationships
- Personal contact information
- Living individuals’ personal details
A person's connection to a family should remain protected.
Protecting Living Individuals
We believe living individuals deserve additional privacy protections. Genora encourages users to respect the privacy of family members and avoid sharing sensitive information without appropriate permission. Users should not upload:
- Government identification information
- Financial information
- Medical information
- Private addresses
- Confidential personal information
Genora provides tools to help families preserve memories while respecting individual privacy.
Respecting Family Memories
Family photographs, stories, and memories are precious. Genora allows families to preserve:
- Historical photographs
- Family stories
- Personal memories
- Audio recordings
- Videos
- Important family milestones
However, we believe preservation should always happen with respect. Users should only share content that:
- They own
- They have permission to share
- Does not violate another person's privacy
No Selling of Family Insights
Genora will not monetize your family's relationships.
We will not sell insights such as:
- Who belongs to your family
- How people are related
- Where family branches are located
- Family migration patterns
- Family networks
- Generational connections
Family relationships are meaningful because they are personal.
They are not commercial data.
Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence
Genora may use artificial intelligence to provide helpful features such as:
- Organizing family memories
- Creating family stories
- Explaining relationships
- Helping families discover connections
- Improving user experience
AI features are designed to assist families, not exploit their information.
We will:
- Clearly communicate when AI is being used
- Provide appropriate controls
- Avoid using family relationships for advertising
- Encourage human review of AI-generated content
Security and Protection
We take reasonable measures to protect family information.
Our security practices include:
- Secure data storage
- Access controls
- Privacy-focused architecture
- Protection against unauthorized access
While no online service can guarantee absolute security, we are committed to continuously improving the protection of family information.
Your Control Over Your Information
Genora gives families and individuals control over their information.
Users can:
- Manage privacy settings
- Control who can access their information
- Request updates
- Remove their personal account information
- Manage shared contributions according to platform policies
A Different Approach to Family Technology
We believe technology should bring families closer together.
The purpose of Genora is not to collect more information about people.
The purpose of Genora is to help people understand:
- Where they come from
- Who they are connected to
- The stories that shaped their family
- The legacy they will pass forward
Our Commitment
As Genora grows, our commitment remains unchanged:
We will protect family relationships, respect personal privacy, and ensure that generations of family stories remain in the hands of the families who created them.