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From: Alan Savin <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Kincaid Surname DNA Project Plan
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 21:38:52 +0000
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Peter,

What exactly are they afraid of in respect of privacy? Probably some
misguided notion of what your research will reveal, e.g. faulty genes when
in fact you are only testing junk DNA?

Maybe your (over?) elaborate privacy encodement has persuaded some that
there is something really important that does need hiding, when in fact the
information has no known medical importance.

Alan Savin



>Hello everyone!
>
>I am looking at getting a Y chromosone project going for the Kincaid
>surname.
>When I proposed the idea to the Clan Kincaid web site I got a number of
>comments
>with quite a bit of concern being given to privacy. I put much thought to
>how to
>coordinate the project with a big focus on privacy. As a result, I put
>together a plan
>for our project.
>
>What I would like is your feedback on what I put together since a number of
>you are coordinating similar projects. Would you kindly review the
>material I
>put together at:
>
>http://www.alphalink.com.au/~kincaid/dna.htm
>
>and in particular follow the link to:
>
>http://www.alphalink.com.au/~kincaid/dnapriv.htm
>
>Feel free to pick the information apart. Thank you in advance for your
>feedback!
>
>Best wishes!
>
>
>Peter A. Kincaid
>Fredericton, NB, Canada
>
>
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