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The 499$ version was at 99$ maybe ten minutes ago. I can't tell if it just expired or got changed. It said this was "today only for DNA day", which is Friday, so at least on the East Coast it should still run. Maybe they ran out of some pre-alloted quota?
Yeah I guess it must be the quota. A pity, because I want to do it, but can't spare the cash yet.
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I'd like to hear from those that wouldn't do this. What are your reasons for not trusting this site?
Well, today they're 23andme, arguably in fairly rough waters (which is probably the reason for this promotion in the first place). Tomorrow they could be sold to the highest bidder, who might not feel they were bound to the terms of service of their predecessor. It could be an insurance company, for instance. And based on your name, your genetic data and a whole bunch of other factors they might decide to deny you or…
This is a great deal, although I'm torn. We are about to add a new member to our family, so this would make an awesome 0th birthday gift, but the prospects of knowing all the health information up front is rather scary (and who knows who might be able to access it in the future - it needs some sort of secure swiss bank setup). Welcome to Gattaca!
That's exactly my problem with this.
And no amount of anonymization will help here, after all, not even your finger prints identify you as solidly as your full genome does.
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I'd like to hear from those that wouldn't do this. What are your reasons for not trusting this site?
Well, today they're 23andme, arguably in fairly rough waters (which is probably the reason for this promotion in the first place). Tomorrow they could be sold to the highest bidder, who might not feel they were bound to the terms of service of their predecessor. It could be an insurance company, for instance. And based on your name, your genetic data and a whole bunch of other factors they might decide to deny you or…
Also, while your name may be on the credit card used to pay for the test, and even on the test package with the saliva, since this is being done via the mail there is no way to prove it's really your DNA.
Were an insurance company to deny you based on this you could claim that you just put your name on it for convenience sake, but it really was for a friend who was concerned about using their real name because of possible abuse of DNA information.
Think twice before you give away your DNA and pay for the privilege.
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Well, today they're 23andme, arguably in fairly rough waters (which is probably the reason for this promotion in the first place). Tomorrow they could be sold to the highest bidder, who might not feel they were bound to the terms of service of their predecessor. It could be an insurance company, for instance. And based on your name, your genetic data and a whole bunch of other factors they might decide to deny you or…
Wouldn't they be tied to the agreement that you had when you signed up for the data? I always thought that you'd have to agree with new "terms-of-use" whenever they change
A 'survival clause' that would guarantee destruction of your data in case the company goes out of business would be a minimum here.
But instead, 23andme says in their privacy policy:
"We may use Genetic and Phenotypic Information to conduct 23andMe-authorized scientific research and development. Any Phenotypic Information you provide is done on a voluntary basis. We may provide third party organizations access to this information for scientific research, but without your name or any other Account Information."
And that's the kicker, so your full genome gets sold to some 3rd party (you don't even get to know who) and all they do is strip off the 'meta data' regarding your person.
And AOL and NETFLIX have already shown that anonymization of data is a myth.
Think twice before you give away your DNA and pay for the privilege.
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I'd like to hear from those that wouldn't do this. What are your reasons for not trusting this site?
Well, today they're 23andme, arguably in fairly rough waters (which is probably the reason for this promotion in the first place). Tomorrow they could be sold to the highest bidder, who might not feel they were bound to the terms of service of their predecessor. It could be an insurance company, for instance. And based on your name, your genetic data and a whole bunch of other factors they might decide to deny you or…
Also, there are health benefits to sharing your genetic information and comparing it with others since the extent of genetic variation within the general population is not currently well understood becuase of limited data. Over time it is also likely that knowledge of your genetic information will become directly more relevant to your health, though, this is not currently the case. I agree that some form anonymizing procedure should be in place.