I would be very happy if corporations couldn't patent genes, and if financial data was treated the same way HIPAA data is treated. But the reality is that it's

I would be very happy if corporations couldn't patent genes, and if financial data was treated the same way HIPAA data is treated. But the reality is that it's not like that now. And that means convincing lawmakers to change the rules, and that means having an intelligent and informed opinion on the matter. Just to make my position clear: We need a better way of establishing identity. We need tougher standards for credit grantors to use these better standards. We need better control over financial data misuse. The systems we have are insufficient.