DNA privacy
Genome data protection
DNA privacy concerns the protection of genetic information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
Because DNA reveals health predispositions, ancestry, and family relationships, its misuse raises unique concerns—insurers might deny coverage, employers might discriminate, or law enforcement might identify relatives without consent.
She refused the ancestry test over DNA privacy concerns.
- geneticRelating to heredity
- sequencingDetermining element order
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- police databaseLaw enforcement information system
forensic · surveillance · consent · biobank · sample · saliva · cheek swab · testing · confidential · breach · hacking · ownership · familial · cold case · crime scene · profiling · genome · discrimination
- Genetic Lawgenetic discrimination, genetic databases, bioethics, genetic testing, gene editing
- bioethicsbioethics, medical ethics, genetic engineering, beneficence, non-maleficence
DNA privacybiopiracy
Unauthorized appropriation of genetic resources
DNA privacygenetic profiling
Identifying individuals via hereditary markers
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