Comments on: Privacy & Ownership of an Individual’s Personal Genetic Information http://www.genomicslawreport.com/index.php/2009/10/29/privacy-ownership-of-an-individuals-personal-genetic-information/ News and analysis from the intersection of genomics, personalized medicine and the law Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:02:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Hoots - Chicago home mortgage expert http://www.genomicslawreport.com/index.php/2009/10/29/privacy-ownership-of-an-individuals-personal-genetic-information/comment-page-1/#comment-17325 John Hoots - Chicago home mortgage expert Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:00:34 +0000 http://www.genomicslawreport.com/?p=1020#comment-17325 I think this is just normal to want personal information as private which includes anything that has to do with your physical self. You own your self, you are your own being. Unless, you literally let others own you. That's a different angle. I think this is just normal to want personal information as private which includes anything that has to do with your physical self. You own your self, you are your own being. Unless, you literally let others own you. That’s a different angle.

]]> By: Dan Vorhaus http://www.genomicslawreport.com/index.php/2009/10/29/privacy-ownership-of-an-individuals-personal-genetic-information/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Dan Vorhaus Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:07:14 +0000 http://www.genomicslawreport.com/?p=1020#comment-1167 This commentary is especially timely given Anne Wojcicki's announcement yesterday at TEDMED that 23andMe had compiled information on 30K genomes (see: http://twitter.com/Duncande/status/5242277718) For more on the applicability of HIPAA to DTC genomics companies see Lawrence and Emily's piece earlier this week: http://www.genomicslawreport.com/index.php/2009/10/27/federal-privacy-regulation-and-the-financially-troubled-dtc-genomics-company/ This commentary is especially timely given Anne Wojcicki’s announcement yesterday at TEDMED that 23andMe had compiled information on 30K genomes (see: http://twitter.com/Duncande/status/5242277718)

For more on the applicability of HIPAA to DTC genomics companies see Lawrence and Emily’s piece earlier this week: http://www.genomicslawreport.com/index.php/2009/10/27/federal-privacy-regulation-and-the-financially-troubled-dtc-genomics-company/

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