Email Addresses Locked Unintentionally

Our Relief Society President noticed that within the last few months, several people have had their emails switched to private, perhaps unintentionally. She suspects this, because hers was changed, and she can't seem to make it visible again. What can she do to make it visible, and is there any reason that members would have their privacy settings changed by the system?

How is she trying to change it? I've seen other posts where people indicate that their information was made private, but no one has been able to find a reproducible bug.

There isn't anything the system does automatically to change privacy settings. When we have had someone come to us saying that the system changed the privacy settings, it has always been traced back to a user issue.

She can fix it using Member Tools or the online Directory application.

To fix it using the Directory:

• Go to https://directory.churchofjesuschrist.org/.
• Find your own household in the directory.
• Click the pencil at the bottom right of the household info.
• Click on Privacy at the top to view privacy settings.
• Review the household privacy settings and save any changes.
• Click on your name to view your individual details.
• Follow the same edit process to view individual privacy details.

It looks like there is currently a bug in the Directory where the privacy setting is defaulting to private if there isn't a value set. For example, I don't have a household phone number but my household phone privacy is showing up as "Private" even though the privacy setting in the database is set to stake visibility. Member Tools is displaying the value correctly.

scgallafent wrote:It looks like there is currently a bug in the Directory where the privacy setting is defaulting to private if there isn't a value set. For example, I don't have a household phone number but my household phone privacy is showing up as "Private" even though the privacy setting in the database is set to stake visibility. Member Tools is displaying the value correctly.

I don't envy the church trying to keep up with all the varied privacy requirements in all the different countries in the world (and all their changes). We users think it should be simple, but I bet it is incredibly complex... I wouldn't be surprised to hear the the system defaults to private when no flag is set since a large part of the world requires that standard by law.

davesudweeks wrote:

scgallafent wrote:It looks like there is currently a bug in the Directory where the privacy setting is defaulting to private if there isn't a value set. For example, I don't have a household phone number but my household phone privacy is showing up as "Private" even though the privacy setting in the database is set to stake visibility. Member Tools is displaying the value correctly.

I don't envy the church trying to keep up with all the varied privacy requirements in all the different countries in the world (and all their changes). We users think it should be simple, but I bet it is incredibly complex... I wouldn't be surprised to hear the the system defaults to private when no flag is set since a large part of the world requires that standard by law.

It's supposed to default based on their unit's country

We have a few members that somehow turn this on unintentionally. When we ask about it, they're willing to let us switch it back.