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From: Kevin Duerinck <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Kincaid Surname DNA Project
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 09:53:41 -0500


Peter,

I looked at your privacy page and I think that you need to soft pedal the
privacy concept. Just a paragraph should do it. When I started out I
remember being gung ho on the privacy issue, but as I learned more I tried
to tone it down. For my project the lab gets the sample number and a last
name. There is no way to identify who the person is (unless the participant
mails in their own sample to the lab). These issues we face for y dna
testing just do not rise to the level of privacy issues connected to
employment and medical insurance discrimination based on genetics.

good luck, and keep up the good work,

Kevin Duerinck
Des Plaines, Illinois
USA
http://www.duerinck.com


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