Private Policy

  • Please read the notice carefully.
    DNA Ancestry will abide by the terms presented within this Notice. For any uses or disclosures that are not listed below, DNA Ancestry will obtain a written authorization from you for that use or disclosure, which you will have the right to revoke at any time, as explained in more detail below.

  • DNA Ancestry follows stringent policies for protecting your privacy. We have the authority to control the Surname Database Library and genetic testing scores. Only limited information is shared with the testing facility.

  • DNA Ancestry accepts the responsibility to keep your specific data private, at the same time, making enough general information for public to allow us to build a Surname Database library to be used for genealogical purposes.

  • Privacy and Confidentiality Statement
    Your unique test kit number will accompany your collection tube to the testing lab. The computer-generated number and your surname is the only information about you that the testing facility will see. Once your test has been completed the results of the Y-DNA or mtDNA test will be entered in a secure database. A comparison between your specific genetic results and those of others in the database will then be performed.
    If a genetic match is found between you and another person in the database and you have each signed the release form you will be informed via email.

  • If a genetic match is found between you and another individual who enters the library at some time in the future, both will be given the information that a potential match is in the database provided that BOTH of you have signed the release form. Only if both parties agree will contact information concerning the separate parties be made available to the other party. In this way, all persons in the database will have the right to decide if they want to contact their genetic match (es).