DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy, CEO resigns
23andMe on Sunday filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. after struggling with the fallout of a data breach and weak demand for its ancestry testing kits that featured in Oprah…
What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses?
A paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for regulations to protect customers’ personal and genetic data in light of biotech company 23andMe’s uncertain future. The genetic…
CPR for Friday, February 26, 2010
House sends extension of Patriot Act to Obama msnbc.com The privacy protections were cast aside when Senate Democrats lacked the necessary 60-vote supermajority to pass them. Thrown away were restrictions…
CPR for Thursday, September 3, 2009
Feds dragging feet on Lennikov documents: MPCBC.caThe MP is filing a complaint with the federal privacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart. Both CSIS and the CBSA have requested an extension, Julian said.…
CPR for Thursday, November 6, 2008
Does personalized genomics pit privacy against ethics?Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USAThe problem is, however, that this forces an uncomfortable balance between privacy and ethical concerns, nicely summed up by the essay’s…
CPR for Monday, November 3, 2008
Ontario and BC Privacy Commissioners offer guidance to …Canada NewsWire (press release) – Toronto,Ontario,CanadaThis morning, Ontario’s Ann Cavoukian and BC’s David Loukidelis released a Joint Practice Tool for Exercising Discretion…