DNA Testing sites & Law Enforcement

[widebody911]

https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/01/family-tree-dna-fbi/

The FBI has struck up a partnership with one of the largest at-home DNA testing services, according to BuzzFeed News. Apparently, Family Tree DNA has allowed the agency to access its genealogy database containing the DNA profiles of over a million users. Law enforcement has been using the public's increasing fascination with DNA testing as a tool to crack cases for quite a while now. But this is reportedly the first time a private firm has willingly given authorities access to its repository.

[Tobra]

Inconceivable!

[Alan A]

Fess up - who didn’t see this coming...

[sc_rufctr]

I'm not surprised and I'd bet there's a clause in the contract that allows the company to do this.

[Sooner or later]

https://www.familytreedna.com/legal/privacy-statement

For Legal or Regulatory Process: We may share your Personal Information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to:

Enforce or apply the FamilyTreeDNA Terms and Conditions;

Comply with a valid legal process (e.g., subpoenas, warrants);

Protect the security or integrity of the Services; or

Protect the rights, safety, or property, of FamilyTreeDNA, our employees or users.

If compelled to disclose your Personal Information to law enforcement, we will do our best, unless prohibited by law, to provide you with notice.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by Sooner or later

For Legal or Regulatory Process: We may share your Personal Information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to:

Enforce or apply the FamilyTreeDNA Terms and Conditions;

Comply with a valid legal process (e.g., subpoenas, warrants);

Protect the security or integrity of the Services; or

Protect the rights, safety, or property, of FamilyTreeDNA, our employees or users.

If compelled to disclose your Personal Information to law enforcement, we will do our best, unless prohibited by law, to provide you with notice.

None of that tells me they will let law enforcement just shop around to see what they can find. Sounds like they are giving the FBI access to whatever they want without needing a supoena.

[URY914]

That why I don't give out DNA samples.

[Por_sha911]

The next step will be Insurance companies deciding if you are eligible for treatment because you may die from X as predicted by your DNA. Or, an employer will decide if they want to hire someone who has a marker that could show a higher probability of a serious illness which would make you a liability to them.

[Scott Douglas]

Originally Posted by URY914

That why I don't give out DNA samples.

At least not knowingly.

[Fly Mach .86]

Long live Big Brother!

[john70t]

Do you use a smartphone which automatically uploads to 'the cloud'?

https://www.technowize.com/face2gene-app-uses-ai-to-identity-genetic-disorders-using-photos/
When researchers tested the app on 502 photos it hadn’t seen before, the app provided the correct diagnostic guess roughly 65% of the time. And when considering multiple predictions, the correct one made the app’s top ten list 91% of the time.

Researchers also tested the app’s diagnostic abilities against those of 49 clinical geneticists in an unofficial trial. Only two of the clinical geneticists provided correct diagnoses for more than 50% of the photos while Face2Gene correctly diagnosed seven out of the ten children.


Downs and Fetal Alcohol are easy. The rest is yet to come.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Alan A

Fess up - who didn’t see this coming...

Least shocking news ever.

[MBAtarga]

Where is Legion? (Chris) He has been claiming this was going to happen for years I believe.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Equally not shocking is law enforcement accessing Alexa style devices with a search warrant.

[Steve Carlton]

This is why I wear a condom 24/7.

[stealthn]

This has been going on for quite a long time already

[Steve Carlton]

Two years now. How did you know?

[fanaudical]

Anybody ever seen Gattaca?

[stealthn]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Two years now. How did you know?

They’ve been solving cold cases for a while using 23 and me data...

[varmint]

We give up our pingerprints and submit to facial recognition tech when unlocking our phones. What’s left?