{"id":2599,"date":"2019-03-15T21:17:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T01:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&amp;p=2599"},"modified":"2019-03-15T21:17:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T01:17:21","slug":"how-to-remove-yourself-from-geni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-yourself-from-geni\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Yourself from Geni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block uk-card-default uk-padding\" style=\"font-size:16px\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h4>Table of Contents<\/h4><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#delete-mes-geni-review\">DeleteMe&#8217;s Geni Review<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#how-to-remove-yourself-from-geni\">How to Remove Yourself from Geni<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"delete-mes-geni-review\">DeleteMe&#8217;s Geni Review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Geni.com is a data broker that provides genealogy services, owned by MyHeritage. To remove yourself from Geni, you must contact them directly over email. After this, it is unclear how long it will take for your information to be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <table style=\"width:100%; text-align:center;\">\r\n      <tr style=\"background-color:#d9edf7;\">\r\n        <th style=\"padding: 10px 0; font-size: 1.375rem; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; color: #000;\">Speed: 5<\/th>\r\n        <th style=\"padding: 10px 0; font-size: 1.375rem; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; color: #000;\">Difficulty: 5<\/th>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n      <tr>\r\n        <td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/level5difficulty.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/td>\r\n        <td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joindeleteme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/level5difficulty.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/td>\r\n      <\/tr>\r\n    <\/table>\r\n    \n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-remove-yourself-from-geni\">How to Remove Yourself from Geni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, public profiles are only made for people who are (presumed) deceased and public figures. Here is a chart explaining their public and private profiles from their <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Privacy Policy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/company\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1352\" height=\"1194\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/joindeleteme-help-s3offload\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/15204633\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-15-at-4.43.18-PM.png?fit=643%2C568&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Remove Yourself from Geni opt out removal\" class=\"wp-image-2600\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If there is information posted on Geni that you feel is a violation of your privacy, you can request that it is removed by contacting them directly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1326\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/joindeleteme-help-s3offload\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/15204812\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-15-at-4.41.33-PM.png?fit=643%2C148&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Remove Yourself from Geni opt out removal\" class=\"wp-image-2601\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Source (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/help.geni.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/229704487\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Gather up all of the information that you want removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Send them this information and explain why you want it removed. You can email them at <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"privacy@geni.com (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"mailto:privacy@geni.com\" target=\"_blank\">privacy@geni.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Since these requests are taken on a case-by-case basis, it is unclear how long it will take for your information to be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DeleteMe&#8217;s Geni Review Geni.com is a data broker that provides genealogy services, owned by MyHeritage. To remove yourself from Geni, you must contact them directly over email. After this, it is unclear how long it will take for your information to be removed. 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