This is a “game changer” when it comes to genetic privacy rights, experts say.
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Home DNA kit company says it’s working with the FBI
FamilyTreeDNA has disclosed that it’s opened up more than 1m DNA profiles to the FBI to help find suspects of violent crime.
You don’t have to sequence your DNA to be identifiable by your DNA
If you have European ancestry, there’s a 60% chance that somebody vaguely related to you can be used to find out who you are.
Spotify offers playlists tailored to your DNA
Spotify and Ancestry have teamed up to let you use your real DNA to tell your “musical” DNA.
How safe is your DNA data?
A group of DNA collection and genealogy websites have agreed on new guidelines for handling sensitive genetic and family data.
US Government’s biometric database worries privacy advocates
It is something few Americans will have heard of, but the US Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) is catching the eye of privacy advocates – and not in a good way.
DNA in genealogy database leads to arrest of suspected serial killer
If one of your relatives uploads their DNA data, much of yours goes with it.
Your personal cloud of microbes could one day be used to profile you
Every time we sneeze, cough, scratch, fart, or touch something, we leave behind traces of ourselves. Could this microbial evidence one day be used to identify and surveil us?
EFF and MuckRock run census to find out how local police track your biometrics
Fill out the EFF form to generate a public records request and find out how police are tracking your fingers, face, DNA, tattoos and more.