Hi Everyone:

My name is Carol Collins and I’ve taken over the Jarman-GermanDNA project as your new Administrator, now that WorldFamilies.net has shutdown.  Some of you may be wondering whyWorldFamilies.net has shut down. Essentially, it’s due to concerns that the new European Union regulationthat came into effect today called General Data Protection Regulation would adverselyaffect WorldFamilies.net. For more information, this is a good link:

https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2018/05/25/enough-with-the-gdpr/

Secondly, I want to discuss Family Tree DNA Access levels aswhat worked before no longer works. 

1.      Group Project Level – this means that if youhave Y-DNA results, they will show up somewhere – but where they show up is agood question.  As a ProjectAdministrator, I won’t have access to kits and won’t be able to view your matchesand to what haplogroups they belong.

2.      Limited Access – with all the changes, this isthe option that now works best.  Irecommend that all project members choose this option.  This allows administrators to see your Y-DNAresults and matches. It also allows administrators to view family trees butnothing in individual profiles.

3.      Full Access – this option is mainly for thosewho need help editing their family tree and gives group administrators theability to manage a member’s kit on their behalf. The only things this optiondoesn’t allow is modifying the primary email address and other projectpreferences for other groups.

This link gives furtherinformation on limited and full access:

https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/project-administration/group-administrator-access-levels-and-permissions/

I was able to take a screenshot of a Jarman pedigree and I’ve saved Jarman-German Y-DNA results fromWorldFamilies.net to my computer. Everyone is welcome to the project, no matterwhat access level or test type. In addition, with the new regulation, anyone atany time may request all data deletion.  Ihope that we can all work together going forward.

Carol Collins