Overlap between genetic privacy and information privacy

Genome Sequencing - II: Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues Meeting 8, February 2, 2012

On the Genethx blog http://blog.genethx.org/

"A lengthy discussion ensued, with Commission members and members of the public exploring the contrast between the socially-cooperative nature of Web-based genomics projects and the fear of losing control of one’s own personal data – which it was pointed out, is not intellectual property in a legal sense, but rather, as John Wilbanks suggested, a kind of individual "trade secret.""

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Privacy Standards for Non-tracking Advertising and Analytics

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