Consumer Confidential: DNA-testing firms are lobbying to limit your right to genetic privacy
Home DNA testing can be fun. I've done it for myself and for my dog. One of us unexpectedly turned out to be 3.1% Italian. The other is mostly Saint Bernard.
The less-fun side of the DNA-testing industry is the brave new world of genetic privacy.
What are these companies doing with our genetic data?
What happens if they find a DNA marker for cancer, diabetes or any other potential illness that insurers and employers would be very interested in knowing about?
How much genetic privacy is a consumer entitled to?
Congress is now pondering federal privacy rules
