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When I change a public profile as a private profile, its information showed in a google search

Jose Carlos Acuña Vega

July 08, 2015 11:51

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I have change the indicator of a deceased person profile from public to private and anyhow in a google search of the name of that person is showed with the names of his relatives, then if click on a relative name (being a private profile) his profile is shown and so on even information of children under thirteen years old is showed.

I am testing Geni to decide if we buy it, but we are worried with the information privacy of children and alive people.

Is there any solution to this problem ?

This happens because I do not yet buy your product and because I am using a  testing version ?

 

 

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  Jeff, Geni Curator July 14, 2015 12:56

  There is a period of time after any change from public to private where Google has the information in a cache that can sometimes take several weeks to expire.  Once Google refreshes it's content, the search results should no longer list the name.  As far as clicking through and seeing information, be aware that you're likely logged into Geni.  Clicking through the Google results doesn't give you the public view.  Geni still knows who you are, so you're seeing the profiles as you, not some random unauthorized user.  To see what any other user would see, you would need to log out of Geni and then try to access the profiles.  All living profiles are private, unless they are Geni members that choose to make their settings and information public.