One of three class action claims against Ancestry.com will continue as a result of a federal judge’s recent ruling. Chicago judge Virginia Kendall on Dec. 7 allowed lawyers to pursue recovery for alleged violation of the Illinois Right of Publicity Act, while tossing claims made under the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. …
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Court Denies Motion for Indicative Ruling in Ancestry.com Case
A Northern District of California Magistrate Judge ruled against plaintiffs last Friday, dealing another blow to their efforts to hold Ancestry.com accountable for the alleged misappropriation of their names, images, and likenesses by the world’s biggest online genealogy company through its collection of their yearbook photos and information for commercial purposes. After their case was …
What the Shape of Your Foot Says about Your Ancestry
I must admit this is new to me. I have been involved in genealogy research for more than 40 years but I never heard of anyone researching their ancestry based on the shape of their foot… According to an article by Camila Barbeito and published in The List web site: “Today more than ever before, genetic …