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Private Profile Photo NOT PRIVATE!!!

Ersal Aslam

May 18, 2016 21:06

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I google image searched for my name and my Geni profile photo comes up, even though I have it set to private and have ALWAYS had it set to private!  

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  Anne-Marie May 19, 2016 06:09

  Hi Ersal
  
  As it is your profile you will be able to see it. The profile is private to the public.
  
  
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  Jeff, Geni Curator May 19, 2016 13:45

  I'm not aware of any problems or exposure of the profile image when user's privacy settings have it set to private (particularly in recent weeks to cover Google cache).  If at some point that setting was public, which is the default, then Google will cache it for a period of time when they index the page.  So after the profile picture is set to private, it can take many weeks for it to disappear.