Re:23andMe is raising about $200M, led by Sequoia
by dekhn on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @03:39PM
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GINA law already prevents insurance companies from acting on this data.
It seems unlikely that this sort of genetic data is really a risk. To test that, I had my genome sequenced and published it with a reasonable license. Anybody is free to download my data.
Re:23andMe is raising about $200M, led by Sequoia
by blopker on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @06:24PM
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I've put my raw data on GitHub in case anyone wants to see what it looks like or make a PR. This is the V3 chip (V5 is the current), but the formats should be the same.
Re:23andMe is raising about $200M, led by Sequoia
by dekhn on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @07:03PM
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so, uh, if I send you a pull request, do you CRISPR it into your genome?
Re:23andMe is raising about $200M, led by Sequoia
by blopker on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @07:29PM
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I'm just waiting on Travis CI integration.
Re:23andMe is raising about $200M, led by Sequoia
by snerbles on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @05:00PM
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How would you know if that data was used in a decision?
Re:23andMe is raising about $200M, led by Sequoia
by dekhn on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @06:07PM
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Great question. Ultimately, I can't know for certain, but I can make some reasonable guesses.
Re:23andMe is raising about $200M, led by Sequoia
by chicken_little on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @05:21PM
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I think GINA only prevents health insurance. Life insurance would probably be interested in genetic indicators of early mortality.
Re:23andMe is raising about $200M, led by Sequoia
by sjg007 on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @02:52PM
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There's a law against this. The anti genetic discrimination law passed by Bush 2.
Re:23andMe is raising about $200M, led by Sequoia
by psychometry on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @03:03PM
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Sure, and employers aren't legally allowed to discriminate based on criminal record unrelated to the job, but that has never stopped them.
Re:23andMe is raising about $200M, led by Sequoia
by sjg007 on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @03:34PM
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I think they are allowed to discriminate based on felony convictions etc... at least in the states.
Re:23andMe is raising about $200M, led by Sequoia
by astura on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @04:49PM
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A blanket policy of excluding all felons without a legitimate business justification may violate Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 due to disparate impact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_discrimination_agai...
Re:23andMe is raising about $200M, led by Sequoia
by perfectstorm on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @03:19PM
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Can you get around the law by phrasing a question to 23andMe. A health insurance company could call them up and ask if so and so have genes that has an increased risk of contacting x disease ? Technically they are not selling the information so they are not breaking any laws but it's still valuable to the insurance company.
Business and politics is becoming more and more about using analytics to manipulate you and your fellow citizens. Your genetic makeup along with other data about you could be combined into optimal targeted campaigns tailored to just you to get you to behave in line with somebody else's goals. Knowledge about you correlates with ability to control you.