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A "bot" is making changes in my family tree.

Jack Fraser

December 30, 2018 20:07

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Someone in China is using a "bot" to update profiles in my family tree. How can they even do this? How can what they do be undone? 

MONDAY, DECEMBER 24
	Liu Yao 刘杳 updated Claire Hannigan's profile.
	Liu Yao 刘杳 updated profiles for Wallace Park Kennedy, Rollena Knox Gilmour, George Edward Kennedy, Elsie Unice Dora Hay and 1 other.
	Liu Yao 刘杳 updated profiles for Mary Morrison, George Kennedy, George Kennedy, Mary Ann Skene and 9 others. Is Geni now an unsafe place to have a tree?

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  Bjørn P. Brox December 30, 2018 20:27

  This bot is a trusted curator/Geni admin as me, and as far as I can see the only change is changing the last name from all UPPERCASE which was a method to tell what the last name was in the last century before we started using computers where last name is a specific field. 
  
  Remember:  Geni is a site where we have a common world tree where everyone can contribute and edit, but to have some control we have curators with extended permissions to keep control and fix errors.
  
  https://www.geni.com/curators
  https://www.geni.com/worldfamilytree/learn-more
  
  

   

  Edited by Bjørn P. Brox December 30, 2018 20:51
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  Bjørn P. Brox December 30, 2018 20:50

  Some curators like me does also use some tools based on the Geni API to automatically fix things like this.

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  Dolores Marconi January 05, 2019 08:01

  Please remove all the info on the site with "Dolores Marconi", Hermancita Marconi.

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  Jeroen M.W. van Dijk January 05, 2019 22:42

  "Is Geni now an unsafe place to have a tree?" Geni is very safe place and it protected by bots and other software products. Also a group of 200 Curators are trying to make Geni a safer place.

  On the question about removing info. Geni has a high standard of dataprotection. If some thinks there is a good reason to remove info on this site, then is aways a way to remove info, but only with good reasons.

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  Bjørn P. Brox January 05, 2019 22:52

  Dolores, - just click on your own name at the top where you as with all sites with a login find your account settings where you find the option to close your account. Depending if it your own tree or invited by others you get some options on what to do with your family profiles.

  Edited by Bjørn P. Brox January 05, 2019 22:53
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  Tracey Norma Goodwin February 27, 2019 02:33

  If this person is áuthorised'to make changes to MY personal family information and it is INCORRECT how can this be acceptable! Many hours of work and research have been put into my tree, having to now go back and change the information that has been altered is unacceptable - and I'm wondering if even what this person has done is even legal!