The following is from a post made at PCMag.com on August 1, 2018.
Worried that a DNA testing company can share your genetic data with anyone?
In a bid to address privacy concerns surrounding the handling of customers’ genetic data, 23andMe, Ancestry, and other DNA testing companies this week signed on to new guidelines that prohibit sharing your identifiable DNA data with third parties.
This includes your employer, insurance companies, education institutions, and government agencies. Any transfer of “individual-level” information must require consent from the DNA’s owner.
“We worked to help codify the principles published yesterday and have committed to following them,” a 23andMe spokesman told PCMag.
Read the full article. If you’re interested in DNA and genealogy, this is a must-read…
Also – please read the news release for Practices to Protect Privacy of Consumer Genetic Data.
I have posted the entire news release separately on GenealogyBlog.
