Last amended: September 2, 2026
At Coret Genealogy, we take your privacy seriously. When you use our services, we’d like to inform you which personal data we collect, why we process it, how long we retain it, and how you can exercise your rights. We recommend reviewing this policy periodically, as we may make updates over time. You can always find the most recent version on our website at genealogie.coret.org.
Coret Genealogy, based in Gouda in the Netherlands, Chamber of Commerce number 50518607, is the controller of the processing activities described in this policy.
This policy applies to all personal data processed by Coret Genealogy concerning users and visitors of its services, such as:
Personal data are any data that can identify you personally, such as:
We process data from:
All data is received either directly from you or through your use of our services.
| Purpose | Data Collected | Legal Basis | Retention Period | Publicly visible? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service usage / subscription | Name, e-mail, payment data | Performance of contract | 7 years (legal / fiscal) | No |
| Account management | Name, profile picture, e-mail, language setting, personalization | Performance of contract | Up to 7 years inactivity or upon deletion request | Your name: yes. Profile picture: depending on your setting. Other data: no. See section 10 |
| Website functionality (analytics) | Anonymized IP, browser & OS settings | Legitimate interest (analytics) | Maximum 14 months | No |
| Newsletter (opt-in only) | E-mail address | Consent | Until you unsubscribe | No |
| User research | Legitimate interest | Up to 12 months after survey | No | |
| Fraud prevention | IP, search & payment behavior | Legitimate interest | As long as necessary | No |
You may request deletion at any time, except where data must be retained by law.
Your personal data is not sold. It is shared with:
We generally process and store data within the European Economic Area (EEA). If data is transferred or stored outside the EEA, we apply appropriate safeguards (e.g. EU standard contractual clauses, adequacy decisions).
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures including:
Discovered an issue? Please inform us at privacy@coret.org.
You have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDRP):
Requests can be made via your account or email at privacy@coret.org, and we will respond within 30 days.
Please note: if you change the name shown with your contributions, that change does not apply retroactively to e-mails and newsletters already sent, to copies made by third parties, or to the caches and indexes of search engines. Forum posts and comments on records are not deleted; at your request we replace your name in them with "Uitgeschreven lid" (deregistered member).
Users may publish content such as forum posts, family trees, documents or images. Users are solely responsible for content they publish. If you process or publish personal data of third parties, you are independently the data controller under GDPR.
Contributions and publications carry your name. This author attribution is part of the service: it makes genealogical research verifiable and citable, and it allows other researchers to contact you. See also article 19 of our terms and conditions.
You decide which name is shown. You can change it at any time in your account settings. A pseudonym is permitted, as long as you do not wrongly give the impression that you are another person or an organisation.
| Service | Publicly visible |
|---|---|
| Genealogie Online | Your name as the compiler of your publication. It also appears in the page metadata, in the structured data (schema.org and linked data) and in our RSS feeds. |
| Stamboom Forum | Your name with your forum posts and on your profile page, and with the family names you list in "Wie (onder)zoekt wie". Your profile description and profile picture only if you set them to "everyone". |
| Stamboom Gids | Your name with reviews you post and with favourites you have made public. |
| Open Archieven | Your name with comments you post, with collections you have made public and with indexes you have published. |
| Familie Archivaris | Your name as the keeper of a family archive, on the public page of that archive. |
Your e-mail address is not publicly visible on any of our services. Public pages may be indexed by search engines.
You can contact us at privacy@coret.org with any questions or concerns. We’re happy to help.