I believe 23 and me stated in the past that they own the data that they process, so in essence if you, or a family member submit their DNA to them, then they own that DNA and part of yours as well.
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Mettigel@lemmy.world 8 months agoThat somehow makes sense. But still, shouldn’t you be able to own “the copyright” for your own DNA? If not there should be some legislation for that I think.
HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Stumblinbear@pawb.social 8 months ago
They don’t own the DNA itself, but they do own the rights to the resulting sequence. It’s akin to a biography–you don’t own the person’s life, but the author put it down on paper and owns the rights to the book.
HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Right, sorry. That’s what I meant that they own the data they process. The reason why I went to owning your DNA is more towards that fact that they are processing or digitizing your DNA and the average consumer doesn’t have the power to sue them for their processed data like one of these other companies or a government agency to regulate them. But maybe I exaggerated
Stumblinbear@pawb.social 8 months ago
Eh, they have about as much power over that as they do any other privacy breaches. It being DNA doesn’t make a huge difference
ExLisper@linux.community 8 months ago
I’m sure you agree to pass any “rights” to your DNA when you sign the T&C.