This appeared last week in The Conversation.It’s time to talk about who can access your digital genomic data December 4, 2017 6.18am AEDT AuthorsCaitlin Curtis Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland James Hereward PostDoc Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics, The University of Queensland We are approaching a time when you might be too scared to have your genome sequenced. Only last week, a US senator called for an investigation into the privacy policies of direct-to-consumer DNA companies. But this is only one piece of a puzzle that is about to get much more connected.As with any kind of personal data there are a number of concerns regarding collection, transmission, storage and use. But unlike most other data, your genome reveals intimate information about not only you, but also the people to whom you are related. It’s time to talk about who can access that data, how, when and why. The current situationGenetic databases are not new. For a...
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