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Odd changes to a profile

Michael Vulis

July 09, 2017 17:47

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I have noticed strange changes made to the Geni profile of my daughter, Daryl Vulis, by an outside person.

https://www.geni.com/people/Daryl-Vulis/6000000020947132098#/tab/revision

So far, he made 5 changes to the profile  (top 5). 

The screenshot below shows the Revisions page from her node.

It is not clear to me just who Tarmo Tohver is, why sudden interest to a private profile (which has a live user!), what are the exact goals of these changes (generally minor), what makes Mr. Tohver think that he has better information about my daughter that she has, and most importantly -- how this is possible at all and how we can protect ourselves from whatever Mr. Tohver is planning on doing next? 

Your explanation and assistance in solving this strange situation is appreciated.

It is essential for me and for our lawyer (we deposited screen shots of Mr. Tohver activities with him) to understand if Mr. Tohver is acting on his own accord ("lonely stalker" type, perhaps, or worse) or this is somehow authorized by Geni.

Thank you for your prompt attention.

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  Anne Brannen July 15, 2017 09:32

  That was not a stalker. That was a curator, who was merging duplicate profiles. Since the Geni goal is one profile per person, he was just doing his job. Since the profile is private, only curators or Customer Service can make those merges.

  You can tell if a user is a curator by the purple C next to the name. 

  And you can always contact a curator -- or any user -- directly, when you have a question about what is going on.

  Because Geni is so different from other genealogical sites, it can take some getting used to.  The collaboration and the shared tree are lovely indeed, but unusual. 

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  Michael Vulis July 16, 2017 16:06

  It strikes me as  inappropriate for anyone -- curator or not -- to make merges of profiles of living people who are even registered on Geni without any attempts to contact them.
  
  Especially that the merge done by Mr. Tohver resulted in revealing personal information that the person chose to withhold herself.  
  
  
  
  

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  Jeff, Geni Curator July 16, 2017 16:21

  Instead of three profiles of the person, two of which you had no control over and contained said personal information, there is now one profile for which you can control and manage.  How is this bad for you?  The profile is also private, so any personal information is limited to the family group.  Again, that information was already in another duplicate profile - Mr. Tohver didn't add it.  He just consolidated the information so it's now a single entity under your control.  https://www.geni.com/worldfamilytree/learn-more