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Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA (www.bloomberg.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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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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[–] query 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People paid 23andMe to give them the data in the first place. Should be illegal to profit off of other people's data if they're not getting paid for it.

[–] eager_eagle 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

customers are asked if they wish to share their data for research

[–] demonsword 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

customers are asked if they wish to ~~share their data for research~~ allow their data being sold to 3rd parties

[–] eager_eagle 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

potayto potahto - 23andMe making a profit or not changes nothing to the customers. Would it make you feel better if they just gave out the data for free?