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23andMe has reached a deal with pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, giving the company access to their (your) genetic data to potentially develop new drugs. Did they just sell us all out? Not exactly.
This isn't the first deal where 23andMe has allowed companies to use their (your) data for their research. The company makes up to $199 when you buy one of their spit kits and send in your DNA, but their business model has always depended on leveraging the data they amass as a result. The company has previously made similar, though smaller, deals with Genentech and Pfizer.
[...] The company doesn't technically hand over your data; analysts at 23andMe provide "summary statistics" to third parties. This is relatively safe, in theory, but if you're not sure how you feel about it, just click "Change Consent" under your account settings.
Source: https://vitals.lifehacker.com/what-you-re-really-agreeing-to-when-you-sign-up-for-23a-1828034397
(Score: 5, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday August 06 2018, @05:32PM
The City Of London is quite a small piece of the large city that most regard as London.
To be a citizen of the City Of London, one must be a member of the Guild Of Cutpurses or some other quite-romantic sounding things.
In reality, the citizens of the City Of London are a bunch of big investment banks.
Their vote in the government of the City Of London is in proportion to how much money they have. I Am Absolutely Serious.
Every Brit who is not one of its citizens regards the City Of London as fundamentally corrupt but that it is self-governing was established centuries ago. There's not a whole lot anyone can do to get rid of it.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]