Family Information available in google search

http://www.geni.com/account_settings/profile_privacy

Also http://www.geni.com/account_settings/permissions

"Let the public search for me" in particular.

Ann Fuller (c) Don't do such Google search from computer where some of the browser is or was logged into Geni.

For true results use separate computer.

Lauri,
you don't need a separate computer, just be sure to log-out of Geni first. You log-out by clicking the Account menu in the top-right corner.

Thank you. I realize that you have to log out of Geni to see how the google search would come up for the public. Doing that doesn't get rid of the listing and photos of the immediate family unless someone makes themselves a private user. I think Geni should have an option in privacy settings to hide the immediate family. This would of course make it harder to figure out whether someone is related or not, but it would protect a person's privacy better.

http://www.geni.com/profile/edit_immediate_family/
Immediate family can be hidden - it has no effect on tree view and it doesn't remove connections. Hidden immediate family members' names will not be shown in search results (to everyone, including your own family).

http://www.geni.com/account_settings/managed_profiles
Here you can remove Profile Photo & Current Location of profiles you manage from showing in search results.

Liivi - wow! How long has that been available? I never saw it before. Used the link you gave - then searched for a goodly while before finding where it is from the profile. In case anyone else hasn't found it: go to your profile, go down to "Immediate family" -- directly under that label, to right of its telling how many it is showing, are options for "Text View" and "Add Family" and "Edit" - click on "Edit".

Lois, I think being able to hide extended immediate family (ex-spouses/partners and step parents/siblings/children in addition to parents, (half) siblings, spouses/partners and children) has been there all the time. But, you're right, it's not that easy to notice - just have to click on every link available to figure it out ;)

Wondering - what sort of havoc can be caused by folks exercising their ability to "hide extended family" - I see I can not only do it for myself, but for any profile that I am allowed to edit.

Apparently, I can cause folks with claimed profiles (as well as unclaimed) to not turn up on searches of their siblings or parents, etc. Is this really good? Can somebody run by me the good and the bad of doing this? Not sure to what extent it is cool to play with it.

I am trying to picture the profiles before the major re-formatting that introduced Tabs for Overview, Media, etc. -- was the ability to hide extended immediate family available on the original profile format, or did it come in when the profiles were re-formatted?