Genetic Privacy Moves to the Forefront
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania are proposing a Genetic Materials Privacy & Compensation Act to prevent genetic data from being treated as a tradable asset.
With 23andMe filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, state attorneys general and the FTC have issued guidance on consumer rights under existing privacy laws.
State attorney generals and the FTC have scrutinized 23andMe following its recent announcement that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As part of these efforts, the state attorney generals issued directives on how consumers can exercise their rights under state privacy laws. We might see class actions ensue, or maybe not. But in Pennsylvania, lawmakers want to strengthen the state's genetic privacy law.
Two Democratic representatives announced a new legislation to establish a genetic privacy law like other states. They are calling it the Genetic Materials Privacy & Compensation Act, which rests on the argument that personal data like DNA should not be treated as a corporate asset sold to the highest bidder. Read more