WikiTree's privacy system is based on lists of trusted family and friends.
Every profile on WikiTree has its own Trusted List. It could be a page for a person, place, or thing. The Trusted List lists the family and friends who are trusted with full access to that page.
Every user on WikiTree has their own Watchlist. This lists all the pages that they are trusted to access and are watching on their Activity Feed.
Generally speaking, yes. They are usually set up as two-way relationships.
However, one or the other person can later be removed a list. This is important because some people are more sensitive about sharing information and editing power than others.
There is no automatic connection. If you are in someone's family tree it doesn't mean you will be allowed into their profile's Trusted List.
Trusted Lists work somewhat like friends lists on social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. Each person on a list needs to be approved individually.
You control your own profile's Trusted List.
The Trusted List for the profile of a non-living or passive person, place, or thing is controlled by the profile manager, who is usually the person who created the profile.
Click here for more about Trusted List additions and removals.
Yes.
If a non-living person on WikiTree has no living nuclear family members their profile is open to world history.
However, even though anyone can view an open profile, only the Trusted List can edit and add information about them. This makes it easier for you to control spam and vandalism.
There is one situation where this can happen. If someone is in the Trusted List of one of your nuclear relatives but not in your profile's list, they could change your relationships by changing those of your relative.
Here's an example of the worst case scenario. Let's say you don't want to allow your black sheep uncle on your profile's Trusted List but your brother allows him onto his profile's list. If your uncle changes the name of your brother's father to "Mickey Mouse" the name of your father will change on your family tree as well.
Of course, you can always change information back. That's the nature of a wiki. In the example above you would want to reverse the change and work out with your brother whether your uncle should still have Trusted List access.