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.
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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.