FAQ
GDRP Compliance
As many of you know, the European Union implemented the GDRP privacy protection law on 25 May 2018. Its a far reaching law that is designed to protect the privacy of European Union citizens. Its far reaching because it does impact genetic genealogy research efforts and DNA projects such as this one. To comply with GDRP requirements, Family Tree DNA is requiring Project Administrators to abide by new protocols for how they manage their DNA projects. The International Society for Genetic Genealogy has recommended that all project administrators post the following do's and do not's as well as a privacy statement:
Boston Irish DNA Project Privacy Statement:
As Administrator and Co-administrators of the Boston Irish DNA Project, we give priority to protecting your privacy and to the confidentiality of your personal data. In particular we will not publish your name, e-mail address or other contact details, or share this information with any other project member or other person or organisation without your specific written approval.
Currently, we do not hold any personal data from our members separate to what is provided by FTDNA. Based on how we promote and manage the project, we currently do not see a need to maintain members' personal information in separate files or databases.
We will be pleased to correct any errors in your personal data maintained on the project website that you bring to our attention. At your request at any time we will promptly remove your data from our project files. However we cannot retrieve data that has previously been posted in the public domain. In our administration of this project we endeavour to comply with the most recent guidance issued by ISOGG(https://isogg.org/wiki/ISOGG_Project_Administrator_Guidelines) and by FTDNA (www.familytreedna.com/learn/projectadministration/gap-guidelines-ftdna-projects/),and with the Genetic Genealogy Standards(www.geneticgenealogystandards.com/).
We endeavor to respond promptly to any queries or complaints you may make about our handling of your personal data forthis Project. However you should be aware that some of your concerns may be better forwarded direct to the relevant DNAtesting company.
Bob Cosgrove (robert.cosgrove2011@gmail.com)
Brian Callahan ()
Do's as your Project Administrators:
- We are committed to protecting your privacy and your personal data
- In the event we store DNA results and personal data in the future, we will ensure the databases are password protected.
- All project members should be aware that you should contact Family Tree DNA directly about any issues regarding access, updating, query, or complaints about personal data and consents unless your concerns are only relevant to our project; in those cases, we can handle the issue for you.
- Please email us directly if you have any questions, issues, or concerns; we will respond to your queries as quickly as possible without undue delay.
Don'ts
- We DON’T release the name, e-mail address or other contact details of any project member,or any guarded DNA test results, to other project members or to anyone elsewithout specific written permission.
- We DON’T keep contact details and DNA test result data on same file. In fact, we do not retain any personal information in separate files or databases at this time nor do we plan to in the near-future.
- We DON’T reproduce FTDNA Matches pages without redacting first names.
- We DON’T delay replying to queries by project members by more than a month.
- We DON’T retain data on members who have asked to be removed from your project.
- We DON’T regard your GDPR precautions as a “one-off”: they will need regular review.
As many of you know, the European Union implemented the GDRP privacy protection law on 25 May 2018. Its a far reaching law that is designed to protect the privacy of European Union citizens. Its far reaching because it does impact genetic genealogy research efforts and DNA projects such as this one. To comply with GDRP requirements, Family Tree DNA is requiring Project Administrators to abide by new protocols for how they manage their DNA projects. The International Society for Genetic Genealogy has recommended that all project administrators post the following do's and do not's as well as a privacy statement:
Boston Irish DNA Project Privacy Statement:
As Administrator and Co-administrators of the Boston Irish DNA Project, we give priority to protecting your privacy and to the confidentiality of your personal data. In particular we will not publish your name, e-mail address or other contact details, or share this information with any other project member or other person or organisation without your specific written approval.
Currently, we do not hold any personal data from our members separate to what is provided by FTDNA. Based on how we promote and manage the project, we currently do not see a need to maintain members' personal information in separate files or databases.
We will be pleased to correct any errors in your personal data maintained on the project website that you bring to our attention. At your request at any time we will promptly remove your data from our project files. However we cannot retrieve data that has previously been posted in the public domain. In our administration of this project we endeavour to comply with the most recent guidance issued by ISOGG(https://isogg.org/wiki/ISOGG_Project_Administrator_Guidelines) and by FTDNA (www.familytreedna.com/learn/projectadministration/gap-guidelines-ftdna-projects/),and with the Genetic Genealogy Standards(www.geneticgenealogystandards.com/).
We endeavor to respond promptly to any queries or complaints you may make about our handling of your personal data forthis Project. However you should be aware that some of your concerns may be better forwarded direct to the relevant DNAtesting company.
Bob Cosgrove (robert.cosgrove2011@gmail.com)
Brian Callahan ()
Do's as your Project Administrators:
- We are committed to protecting your privacy and your personal data
- In the event we store DNA results and personal data in the future, we will ensure the databases are password protected.
- All project members should be aware that you should contact Family Tree DNA directly about any issues regarding access, updating, query, or complaints about personal data and consents unless your concerns are only relevant to our project; in those cases, we can handle the issue for you.
- Please email us directly if you have any questions, issues, or concerns; we will respond to your queries as quickly as possible without undue delay.
Don'ts
- We DON’T release the name, e-mail address or other contact details of any project member,or any guarded DNA test results, to other project members or to anyone elsewithout specific written permission.
- We DON’T keep contact details and DNA test result data on same file. In fact, we do not retain any personal information in separate files or databases at this time nor do we plan to in the near-future.
- We DON’T reproduce FTDNA Matches pages without redacting first names.
- We DON’T delay replying to queries by project members by more than a month.
- We DON’T retain data on members who have asked to be removed from your project.
- We DON’T regard your GDPR precautions as a “one-off”: they will need regular review.