Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA::GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data.

  • stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    The law here is inconsequential. The only protection that is certain is for the data not to exist.

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      11 months ago

      The law here is inconsequential

      It’s very much not.

        • atzanteol
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          11 months ago

          Yes. The issue you pointed to is being investigated after all. And there are potential damages if they are found to be violating the law.

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              11 months ago

              It does stop other things from happening. So how do you square that circle? Or hopefully you can see that your simplistic thinking isn’t terribly useful?

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                  11 months ago

                  You’re asking them to explain why the rule of law discourages behaviours deemed to be against the law. You should be able to find evidence for that yourself, it’s an elementary tenet of any judicial system.

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                  11 months ago

                  You want me to provide a list of laws that insurance companies are not currently violating?

                  How about the one that you say they will violate? They’ve been not violating that for years since it was passed.