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Get your DNA sequenced or checked by a private company in Canada where they don't share this information. You will pay much more but you lessen the risk of it b
by honeybadger1 3y ago
Get your DNA sequenced or checked by a private company in Canada where they don't share this information. You will pay much more but you lessen the risk of it being sold or shared to insurance companies.
- 12907835202 3y agoNot American but in Canada right now. How much does something like this set you back?
- honeybadger1 3y agoPalfir genetics is a company I have used for delta-32 check and some other things. Ranges from $200 and upwards. They are located in Toronto. Their website has more details about what they offer and their privacy policy is detailed.
- anjel 3y agoCircling back, Palfir offers testing for greater or lesser susceptability to severe Covid https://www.palfir.com/breakthrough-research.html https://www.palfir.com/breakthrough-research.html
- xingped 3y agoWhat are the privacy laws in Canada that make it more trustworthy to get this test in Canada and ensure it's not sold/shared with anyone?
- honeybadger1 3y agohttps://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/health-genetic-and-other-body-information/02_05_d_69_gen/ https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/health-genetic-and-...
- cgh 3y agoCanada has an Office of the Privacy Commissioner whose job it is to actively promote privacy rights and respond to complaints about abuses: https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/about-the-opc/ https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/about-the-opc/
- iinnPP 3y agoThe OPC also has very little enforcement power, unfortunately.
- sterlind 3y agoInsurance companies can't use genetic data, that's prohibited under GINA.
- honeybadger1 3y agoNot fully, others have already addressed this.
- alexpotato 3y agoThis surprised me when I first heard it: George Bush (junior) signed a law barring insurance companies from using DNA data for health insurance pricing etc. I was surprised by this b/c my assumption was that insurance companies would want that and Republicans would push for it. The law passed 95-0 in the Senate though so this seems like, along with robocalls, something everyone is opposed to. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrimination_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrim...
- ellisv 3y agoThis correct but really applies only to health insurance. Other forms of insurance, such as life or disability, can deny you coverage based on having had genetic testing.
- bequanna 3y ago> I was surprised by this b/c my assumption was that insurance companies would want that and Republicans would push for it. The traditional view of Republicans being pro big business and Democrats fighting for the little guy don’t seem at all accurate in this day.
- LeafItAlone 3y ago> in this day In the day of George W Bush, when this was passed?
- slaw 3y agoI always thought Republicans are pro big business and Democrats are pro mega corps.
- autoexec 3y agoI think that still holds true for the most part, except that Democrats are also very much pro big business. The businesses they support aren't always the same though. Democrats are a lot more friendly to the entertainment industry than the fossil fuel industry for example.
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- AndrewKemendo 3y agoSuggestions for full genome sequencing that delete the data on their side so it's not even recoverable?
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- Despegar 3y agoAre there any particular companies that are trustworthy?