Privacy Policy for Family Tree

Last Updated: September 8, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Family Tree handles information when you use the application. Family Tree is designed to help users create family trees, document relationships, organize genealogy information, and preserve family memories.

Privacy at a Glance: Family Tree does not require an account for its core functionality. Information that you enter into the app, such as family member details, notes, events, photographs, and documents, may be stored locally on your device depending on the features you use.

1. Information You Provide

When using Family Tree, you may choose to enter or store information such as:

You decide what information to enter into the application. Please avoid adding information that you do not have permission to store or share.

2. Family Member Information

Family Tree allows users to document information about relatives and other individuals. Such information may include names, dates, relationships, biographies, photographs, and other details entered by the user.

Because this information may relate to other people, you should only add or share information when you have an appropriate reason or permission to do so.

3. Photographs and Documents

Family Tree may allow you to attach photographs and documents to family member profiles or family history records.

The app only accesses media or files when you use a feature that requires you to select or attach them, subject to the permissions and file-selection mechanisms provided by your Android device.

You are responsible for the photographs and documents you choose to add, store, export, or share through the application.

4. Local Storage

Family tree information, profiles, relationships, notes, events, preferences, and other content may be stored locally on your device.

Local information generally remains on your device until you delete it, clear the application's data, reset the application, or uninstall Family Tree.

5. No Required Account

Family Tree does not require you to create an account for its core family-tree features.

The application does not require you to provide your name, phone number, or email address simply to create and manage a family tree.

6. How We Use Information

Information you enter into Family Tree may be used to provide the application's features, including:

7. Internet Access

The core family-tree functionality may be available without continuous internet access when information is stored locally on your device.

Internet access may be used if the application includes optional features such as advertising, analytics, crash reporting, online services, updates, or third-party integrations.

8. Advertising

If advertisements are displayed in Family Tree, third-party advertising providers may process information required to provide and measure advertisements.

Depending on the advertising provider and your device settings, this information may include advertising identifiers, device information, approximate location, and interaction with advertisements.

Advertising providers operate under their own privacy policies and terms.

9. Analytics and Crash Reporting

If analytics or crash-reporting services are integrated into the application, they may process technical information such as device type, operating system version, application version, diagnostic data, crash information, and general application interaction data.

Such information may be used to understand application performance, identify errors, improve stability, and troubleshoot technical issues.

10. Third-Party Services

Family Tree may use third-party service providers for optional services such as advertising, analytics, crash reporting, file sharing, cloud-related functionality, or other technical services.

These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and applicable laws.

11. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information.

Information may be processed by third-party service providers when necessary to provide services that you choose to use.

Information may also be disclosed when required by applicable law, legal process, governmental request, or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, security, or property of users and the application.

12. Export and Sharing

Family Tree may provide features that allow you to export or share information such as family records, photographs, documents, or other genealogy data.

When you choose to share or export information, the destination or third-party application you select may process that information under its own privacy policy.

You are responsible for reviewing the destination and choosing appropriate information before sharing or exporting it.

13. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect information processed by the application. However, no electronic storage system, device, or method of data transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

14. Data Retention and Deletion

Information stored locally by Family Tree may remain on your device until you delete it, clear the application's data, reset the app, or uninstall the application.

If information is processed by third-party service providers, retention may be governed by the respective provider's privacy policy and applicable legal requirements.

15. Children's Privacy

Family Tree is a general-purpose genealogy and family-history application and is not specifically directed toward children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in a manner prohibited by applicable privacy laws.

16. Your Choices

You have control over the information you choose to enter into Family Tree. Depending on the features available in your version of the app, you may:

17. Accuracy of Family History Information

Family Tree is an organizational and genealogy tool. Information displayed in the application is based on data entered or selected by the user.

The application does not independently verify the accuracy of genealogical information, dates, relationships, historical records, or other family-history information.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the application, services, privacy practices, or applicable legal requirements.

Any updated version will be published with a revised "Last Updated" date. We encourage users to review this policy periodically.

19. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or Family Tree's privacy practices, please contact us:

Email: digitalfrontierfoundation@gmail.com