Re:23andMe to share customer gene data with GlaxoSmithKline ...
by mikekchar on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @06:23AM
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I don't know anything about it, but:
> Your alternative is not to participate in the 23andMe Research study. If you choose not to give consent for 23andMe Research, your Genetic & Self-Reported Information may still be used for other purposes, as described in our Privacy Statement
Seems to imply that if you do not give your consent for whatever "23andMe Research" is, then they will still use the data for other purposes. So in other words if you do not opt in they will still use they data. That's not a normal definition of "opt in".
However, I don't know what is in the privacy statement. What are they able to do with the data if you don't opt-in?
> Your alternative is not to participate in the 23andMe Research study. If you choose not to give consent for 23andMe Research, your Genetic & Self-Reported Information may still be used for other purposes, as described in our Privacy Statement
Seems to imply that if you do not give your consent for whatever "23andMe Research" is, then they will still use the data for other purposes. So in other words if you do not opt in they will still use they data. That's not a normal definition of "opt in".
However, I don't know what is in the privacy statement. What are they able to do with the data if you don't opt-in?