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Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA::GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data.

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[-] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

The law here is inconsequential. The only protection that is certain is for the data not to exist.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago

The law here is inconsequential

It's very much not.

[-] optissima@possumpat.io 0 points 10 months ago
[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Yes. The issue you pointed to is being investigated after all. And there are potential damages if they are found to be violating the law.

[-] optissima@possumpat.io -1 points 10 months ago

Did it potentially being illegal actually stop it from happening?

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

It does stop other things from happening. So how do you square that circle? Or hopefully you can see that your simplistic thinking isn't terribly useful?

[-] optissima@possumpat.io -1 points 10 months ago

It does stop other things from happening

Source please!

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 2 points 10 months ago

"Prove a negative, please!"

Fuck outta here

[-] Welt@lazysoci.al 1 points 10 months ago

You're asking them to explain why the rule of law discourages behaviours deemed to be against the law. You should be able to find evidence for that yourself, it's an elementary tenet of any judicial system.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

You want me to provide a list of laws that insurance companies are not currently violating?

How about the one that you say they will violate? They've been not violating that for years since it was passed.

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