23andMe updates their TOS to force binding arbitration

Re:23andMe updates their TOS to force binding arbitration by Obscurity4340 on Thursday December 07, 2023 @12:09AM (#38553062)

Is there an actually privacy-respectful genome service like this or is 23&me literally the only game in town(the world)?

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Re:23andMe updates their TOS to force binding arbitration by xbar on Thursday December 07, 2023 @12:45AM (#38553265)

There is not any privacy-respectful business that won't eventually be acquired by private equity and squeezed for every just-this-side-of-legal dollar they can get.

Don't give away your genetic information if you can avoid it.

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Re:23andMe updates their TOS to force binding arbitration by Ephil012 on Thursday December 07, 2023 @01:19AM (#38553441)

Your best bet is probably to go through a doctor and get testing from a medical genome sequencing service that is covered under HIPAA. I am not 100% sure if this is bulletproof, but it is probably better than going through a DTC company. Plus, most DTC companies like 23 and me use imprecise genome sequencing and not full genome sequencing like many medical providers do.

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Re:23andMe updates their TOS to force binding arbitration by Obscurity4340 on Friday December 08, 2023 @10:57AM (#38570492)

So 23&me isn't even like the gold standard re:genomic analysis/testing? They're basically just the Dell of testing?

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