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23andMe, a pioneer in the DNA testing kit industry, announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and recently asked to select an independent customer data representative regarding any sale of user data....more
Several state attorneys general (AGs) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have begun scrutinizing ancestry tracking company 23andMe following its recent announcement that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As part of...more
Welcome to our ninth 2024 issue of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. How are States Using Generative Artificial Intelligence? and Employee AI Adoption Cools Globally - Why this is important: As...more
In the FTC’s first case focused on the privacy and security of genetic information, the FTC alleges that San Francisco-based Vitagene, Inc. – now known as 1Health.io – failed to live up to its promises and unfairly changed...more
Companies collecting consumer DNA for non-medical purposes seem to be playing fast and loose with their customers’ data, according to a well-regarded consumer watchdog. This category of private money makers, which could...more
Effective October 1, 2021, Florida's Protecting DNA Privacy Act (HB 833 or DNA Privacy Act) amends Florida's genetic privacy law (Fla. Stat. section 760.40) to establish new crimes arising out of the unlawful use of a...more
Utah recently signed into law SB 227, creating the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA). The law, which is anticipated to go into effect in May 2021, is aimed at protecting genetic data collected from direct-to-consumer...more