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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by immawizard on Thursday July 23, 2020 @03:04AM (#23924883)
Isn’t it illegal to use DNA data for purposes of health insurance? How would insurance company be able to use it? Companies like kaiser run both hospitals and insurance, yet they can’t use your full medical history when determining your insurance risk.

The bigger issue imho is companies using biometrics as a secure authentication, but at least in USA that’s going to be no worse than SSN mess.

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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by raxxorrax on Thursday July 23, 2020 @03:10AM (#23924908)
Legislation is sensible and in larger insurers this promise will probably be kept. But if the info is available, people will look it up. Long time disease risk is interesting to many people.

If you leave your door open, people are still not allowed to steal you things. Do you leave your door open?

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