Privacy Policy
Updated February 12, 2006.

FamilyTree123.com is committed to protecting your online privacy when visiting our website. We do not collect and keep any personal information online from you unless you volunteer it and you are 13 or older. We also do not collect and keep personal information online from children under the age of 13 without their parent's consent except in limited circumstances authorized by law and described in this policy. Please review the information below to familiarize yourself with our policies on website privacy, so that you can take full advantage of all the fun activities available at our sites for you and your family. Please remember that this site and the servers that make this site available are located in the U.S. By using this site you agree to the transfer, collection, processing and use of data by this site.

Websketching recognizes the potential sensitivity of confidential information that may be placed on Family Tree Websites and is firmly committed to protecting your privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this site.

Overview
None of the personal, private information that is uploaded or entered on a Family Tree Website by individual members is viewed by Websketching, or distributed to others outside of your site (except in rare cases involving reported violations of our use policies or legal statutes.) We do collect some data, always with your knowledge and consent, which is used to personalize the site for your convenience and for the benefit of other family members and friends who are included in your Family Tree Website.

A portion of this data may be used in aggregate statistical form to attract potential sponsors and deliver advertising messages to appropriate users.

In no case is the personal information about individual members sold or otherwise shared with advertisers, sponsors, partners or other 3rd parties, and under no circumstances is this information collected or distributed in any form without your prior knowledge and consent.

We do not allow children under the age of 18 to register for a Family Tree Website; however, they are allowed to be invited and particpate as members of the Family Tree Website.

Special privacy policy concerning children 13 and younger.
Websketching believes that the Internet is an important tool in connecting and strengthening families, but also recognizes that young children need help and protection while using this tool. In that light, and in compliance with the letter and spirit of laws designed to protect children and encourage parental responsibility for children using the Internet, we have adopted this special policy concerning children 13 or under.

In the case of a child under the age of 13, the invitation to participate in the Family Tree Website will be sent to a parent's email address. If the parent chooses to let the child accept the invitation, they can either sign the child up or forward the invitation to the child who may then follow the instructions for becoming a member.

Parents and site administrators should remember that Family Tree Websites are indeed private, the user provided content in the site feature areas on them is not accessed nor controlled by us. Parents, site administrators and other members of a Family Tree Website should be sensitive to the degree that young people participate in a Family Tree Website and assure that content provided by young people is submitted and used only in an appropriate manner.

Parents will be allowed to request information from Websketching about what information their child has provided by their child and is kept by us. We will require positive identification of the parent and their relationship before we release that information to the parent.