Privacy Policy for Thomas Martellone Genealogy Research
Last Updated: August 16, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how Thomas Martellone Genealogy Research (the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you use our services. By using our services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect several types of information from and about you, including:
Personal Information: This includes information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, email address, phone number, and postal address.
Genealogical Information: This is the core data we work with. It may include names, dates of birth, death, and marriage, places of residence, family relationships, and other information related to your ancestors and living relatives that you provide to us or that we discover during our research. This information is often highly sensitive.
Information from Public Records and Third-Party Sources: We may collect information from publicly available records (e.g., census records, vital records, obituaries) and third-party genealogical databases to fulfill our research obligations.
Website Usage Data: When you visit our website, we may automatically collect information about your device and how you interact with our site. This may include your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and the time and date of your visit. This information is generally not used to identify you personally.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To Provide Our Services: The primary use of your information is to conduct genealogical research on your behalf and to deliver the results to you.
To Communicate With You: We use your personal information to communicate with you about your project, to answer your questions, and to provide updates.
To Improve Our Services: We may use aggregated, de-identified information to improve our research methods and services.
For Internal Record Keeping: We may use your information for our internal business operations, such as billing and administrative purposes.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may use and disclose your information as required by law, such as in response to a subpoena or court order.
3. Disclosure of Your Information
We will not sell, rent, or trade your personal or genealogical information. We may share your information in the following circumstances:
With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties if you have given us your explicit consent to do so.
To Our Service Providers: We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our business and providing our services (e.g., website hosting providers, payment processors). These service providers are obligated to protect your information and may not use it for any other purpose.
To Third-Party Databases: As part of our research, we may need to use third-party genealogical databases that may require inputting some of your provided data. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that any data we input is handled securely and in a manner consistent with your privacy.
For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if we believe it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect our rights or property, or to prevent a crime or harm.
4. Data Security
We have implemented reasonable physical, technical, and administrative measures to protect the information we collect from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
5. Your Choices
Access and Correction: You may have the right to request access to and correction of your personal information that we hold.
Deletion: You may request that we delete your personal and genealogical information. Please note that a request for deletion may impact our ability to continue providing services to you.
Opt-Out of Communications: If you receive promotional emails from us, you can unsubscribe by following the instructions in the email.
6. Children's Privacy
Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child, we will take steps to delete that information.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Thomas Martellone Genealogy Research
127 Elm Street, Newbury, MA 01922
tmartellonegenealogy@gmail.com
413-758-1967