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https://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-dna-genetic-privacy-20190702-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-dna-g...
by hnburnsy 3y ago
https://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-dna-genetic-privacy-20190702-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-dna-g...
>“We plan to engage constructively with policymakers on the best enforcement regime,” Haro said, reiterating that the coalition wants “a uniform national data privacy law” that treats all companies the same.
- hnburnsy 3y agoFrom the same article, 23&me is lucky they are not covered under HIPPA... >The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a.k.a. HIPAA, includes penalties ranging from $100 to $50,000 per violation — that is, per hacked record. Violations also can carry criminal charges resulting in jail time.
- fkyoureadthedoc 3y agoHIPAA applies to health care providers and health insurance companies. If you give some other type of entity your PHI they are not beholden to HIPAA. You said that this wasn't part of HIPAA specifically because of lobbying. You haven't provided anything that says that anyone was even considering expanding HIPAA to cover other entities. 23&Me wasn't even around to lobby when HIPAA was penned.