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What You’re Really Agreeing to When You Sign Up for 23andMe Research

posted by martyb on Monday August 06 2018, @04:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the How-do-anonymize-DNA? dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for BoyceMagooglyMonkey

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

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday August 06 2018, @07:11PM (3 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday August 06 2018, @07:11PM (#717955) Journal

    Define "low quality." This should be darkly amusing...

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  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 06 2018, @07:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 06 2018, @07:50PM (#717967)

    The definition changes over time, too.
    You just have to run the algorithm.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @03:05PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @03:05PM (#718806)

    You can lead a low quality person to work, but you can't make him earn his keep. Let the sumbitch die.

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday August 09 2018, @12:00AM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday August 09 2018, @12:00AM (#719124) Journal

      So all those single mothers with two jobs are high-quality people, and all the parasitic rent-seeking paper-pushing middlemen, sports stars, and various other drains on society who spend their days shuffling slices of dead trees from A to B are scum? Huhh...didn't think you and I would agree on anything /s

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