The importance of DNA data to privacy is often overstated. It's not clear from the article, but for very serious cost reasons, this "DNA data" will include a sm

The importance of DNA data to privacy is often overstated. It's not clear from the article, but for very serious cost reasons, this "DNA data" will include a small panel of genetic markers which are suited for identification. It is virtually impossible to derive any health information from that data. It may be possible to estimate a person's ethnic background (which sometimes may be a danger in Africa) within reason. The one certain danger to privacy would be around family relationships, which some people may want to keep hidden. So they really need to make sure they evaluate and communicate the benefits of this kind of data collection. To me it sounds a bit like some private vendors sold them the kitchen sink...