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From: Robert Stafford <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] the first testing lab mentioned by Ancestry
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 15:29:58 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <794888.16341.qm@web84302.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
I doubt if insurance companies are a big factor. They can simply require you to submit a DNA sample to obtain coverage. They also would want a chain of custody and are very aware of the fallout of obtaining data surreptitiously.
A bigger problem might be law enforcement. One of our project members reported the seizure of DNA in Alabama by a county sheriff from a testing laboratory. This was apparently either a paternity or forensics laboratory, although I was never able to follow up on the story.
Bob Stafford
marianne dillow <> wrote:
Privacy issues is a definite concern with many of us. No one can tell me if a insurance company got hold of our results that they wouldn't discriminate against us. I will never believe otherwise until Congess and the President makes it a law and then I have my doubts. There are "bugs" in every new venture whatever it may be. I for one am not willing to take the chance.
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