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Genetic privacy

Index Genetic privacy

Genetic privacy involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storing, repurposing, provision to third parties, and displaying of information pertaining to one's genetic information. [1]

28 relations: American Civil Liberties Union, American Society of Human Genetics, Arvind Narayanan, Broad Institute, Common Rule, Comparative genomics, Data breach, David Altshuler, DNA encryption, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Elizabeth Warren, Gene theft, Genetic discrimination, Genetic exceptionalism, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, IBM, List of data breaches, Locus (genetics), Mark Bender Gerstein, Maryland v. King, Mike Enzi, National Conference of State Legislatures, Nucleic acid sequence, Privacy, Privacy law, Yale University, Yaniv Erlich, 21st Century Cures Act.

American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." Officially nonpartisan, the organization has been supported and criticized by liberal and conservative organizations alike.

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American Society of Human Genetics

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), founded in 1948, is the primary professional membership organization for specialists in human genetics worldwide.

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Arvind Narayanan

Arvind Narayanan is a computer scientist and an assistant professor at Princeton University.

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Broad Institute

The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, often referred to as the Broad Institute, is a biomedical and genomic research center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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Common Rule

The Common Rule is a 1981 rule of ethics in the United States regarding biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects.

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Comparative genomics

Comparative genomics is a field of biological research in which the genomic features of different organisms are compared.

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Data breach

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment.

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David Altshuler

David Matthew Altshuler is a clinical endocrinologist and human geneticist.

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DNA encryption

DNA encryption is the process of hiding or perplexing genetic information by a computational method in order to improve genetic privacy in DNA sequencing processes.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California.

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Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Ann Warren (née Herring, born June 22, 1949) is an American politician and academic serving as the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, a seat she was elected to in 2012.

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Gene theft

In bioethics and law, gene theft or DNA theft is the act of acquiring the genetic material of another human being without his or her permission, often from a public place.

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Genetic discrimination

Genetic discrimination occurs when people treat others (or are treated) differently because they have or are perceived to have a gene mutation(s) that causes or increases the risk of an inherited disorder.

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Genetic exceptionalism

Genetic exceptionalism is the belief that genetic information is special and so must be treated differently from other types of medical data or other personally identifiable information.

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Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA, pronounced Jee-na), is an Act of Congress in the United States designed to prohibit some types of genetic discrimination.

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IBM

The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.

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List of data breaches

This is a list of data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases and mainstream news articles.

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Locus (genetics)

A locus (plural loci) in genetics is a fixed position on a chromosome, like the position of a gene or a marker (genetic marker).

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Mark Bender Gerstein

Mark Bender Gerstein is an American scientist working in bioinformatics.

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Maryland v. King

In Maryland v. King,, the United States Supreme Court decided that "when officers make an arrest supported by probable cause to hold for a serious offense and bring the suspect to the station to be detained in custody, taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee's DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment." The majority opinion, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, described Maryland's law as follows: The Act authorizes Maryland law enforcement authorities to collect DNA samples from "an individual who is charged with...

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Mike Enzi

Michael Bradley Enzi (born February 1, 1944) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Wyoming, a seat he was first elected to in 1996.

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National Conference of State Legislatures

The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) is a bipartisan non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 1975 to serve the members and staff of state legislatures of the United States (states, commonwealths, and territories).

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Nucleic acid sequence

A nucleic acid sequence is a succession of letters that indicate the order of nucleotides forming alleles within a DNA (using GACT) or RNA (GACU) molecule.

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Privacy

Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves, or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively.

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Privacy law

Privacy law refers to the laws that deal with the regulating, storing, and using of personally identifiable information of individuals, which can be collected by governments, public or private organizations, or other individuals.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Yaniv Erlich

Yaniv Erlich is an Israeli-American scientist.

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21st Century Cures Act

The 21st Century Cures Act is a United States law enacted by the 114th United States Congress in December 2016.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_privacy

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