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Should people be allowed to sell access to their genetic data? Personal ownership sounds empowering until financial pressure drives the decision.
Should people be allowed to sell access to their genetic data? Personal ownership sounds empowering until financial pressure drives the decision.
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- Gale · Starter
Only with understandable terms and meaningful withdrawal options where possible. Financial pressure makes a purely formal consent box inadequate.
Read original comment → - Reese · Starter
Genetic data also reveals information about relatives who did not sell access. An individual's payment cannot settle all the privacy interests involved.
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