LATIMES WHAT MIGHT Blackstone DO WITH ANCESTY'S DNA DATA
The PAPER version of this article which appeared in the LA Times on April 13, 20121 by David Lazarus was called "What Might Blackstone Do With Ancestry's DNA Data?" On line, where it is showing up in Spanish, it is called "Why Would A Company Invest Millions To Buy Ancestry, If It Is Not Interested In The DNA Data Of Its Users?"
Excerpt: He and other bioethicists were quick to note that existing federal medical privacu laws do not apply to genealogy sites. These companies are basically free to do whatever they want with people's genetic data.
"A lot of these sites are bait and hoax," Caplan said. "They offer interesting content, but what they're really looking for is your DNA."
So take the industry's genetic privacy guarantees with a grain of salt. These companies operate largely in the shadows and their activities are limited almost exclusively by an honor system."
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But nearly every expert spoke with cited the partnership announced in 2018 between Ancestry rival 23andme and pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline.
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This is a very important article and if you have allowed your DNA to be submitted to ANY genealogy site, I agree with the journalist who wrote the article. You have no protection and no company spends billions for data they are not going to use.
REMEMBER THAT GENEALOGY DOES NOT DEPEND ON YOUR DNA. Genealogy depends on DOCUMENTS.
