What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses?
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the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc, that human genes cannot be patented because DNA is a “product of nature.” All gene patents were invalidated with this ruling.
OK if nobody's going to bother reading beyond that I give up. Be ignorant.
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Shit, they're gonna want my DNA. I'm 1/8th Cherokee and I'm descended from Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Christopher Columbus, Abraham Lincoln, every signatory of the magna carta, Jesus, and the Mayflower. The actual ship. Don't ask.
I’m pretty sure you’re main character in an Assassin’s Creed game.
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OK if nobody's going to bother reading beyond that I give up. Be ignorant.
Maybe you can cite the exact statement we’re all missing. You can’t because the trouble you’re running into is that we did read it, and it seems perhaps you did not, but you can’t try. Summary: can’t patent unmanipulated genes. Can patent manipulated genes and sequencing processes.
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You guys know that you share half your genome with your kids and parents, so it's not even just the users' data, but also people who might not even know about this.
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I just passed by the settings page and requested all my data.
When I receive it, I will delete the account which, according to their full privacy statement, requires them to discard my sample, delete my data AND opt me out of 23andMe Research. -
I’m pretty sure you’re main character in an Assassin’s Creed game.
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When the ACA gets repealed insurance comoanies can use it to preemptively deny you coverage. Then there's the ethnic cleansing of course. There will be religious people who will use it for marriage licenses or breeding permits.
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I believe you and your genome become property of whomever buys the data and you'll have to go over to their house and rake their leaves for them and stuff
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Same thing that happens with NCIX's personal information data, it probably goes to the highest bidder.
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you should definitely request your data to be deleted before it's too late
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Same thing that happens with NCIX's personal information data, it probably goes to the highest bidder.
Isn't that what already happened to it before?
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I did this over a year ago, requesting that they delete my shit.
I got a nice email back saying that they would do so, but would retain necessary material to comply with local laws and law enforcement obligations.
So, my best bet is they didn't delete anything. I only hope is that they don't put it on the open market.
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For those too lazy to click through:
However, on June 13, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc, that human genes cannot be patented because DNA is a “product of nature.” All gene patents were invalidated with this ruling. However, the ruling did not prohibit the patenting of DNA that is manipulated (i.e., no longer a product of nature) or processes for identifying DNA sequences.
So if a lab rat adds, deletes or edits a person's DNA it is no longer a 'product of nature'?
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Isn't that what already happened to it before?
Yes, correct, I made a typo. I fixed it now.
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Never did the stupid test.
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So if a lab rat adds, deletes or edits a person's DNA it is no longer a 'product of nature'?
Apparently.
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