Privacy has never been fashionable in this country. The Europeans and Canadians seem to care so much about it, and, as well documented in my earlier Heydatadata posts this month, Americans by the millions are sending their DNA to private companies or weight loss factories without any concern […]
On Monday, February 10th, the California Attorney General’s office released an updated version of the proposed regulations, addressing errors in the draft released before the weekend and extending the comment period to February 25 at 5pm PST. For those trying to keep track of what the eventual regulations […]
William Buckley famously described a conservative as a person who “stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it.” While I am not sure that I classify as “conservatives” the […]
Our days of stumbling piecemeal toward multiple data privacy and protection standards may be ending. In the United States, we have seen an increase in calls for a comprehensive federal data privacy law to provide protections, transparency requirements, enforcement powers, and establish enumerated rights for Americans based on […]
If you believe there are important reasons to test your DNA, then ask your doctor to run the tests and explain the results. Maybe your health insurance will pay for the test. Maybe the doctor agrees that DNA testing is a good idea. In any case you have […]
I woke up this morning to a text from a close friend wondering how long it would take me to write about the fact that as of this writing, we still do not have results from the Iowa caucuses last night due to problems with its untried voting […]
Illinois joined a growing chorus of states with legislatures proudly declaring that blockchain technology is indeed a thing, but they don’t exactly know what to do about it. The Blockchain Technology Act, which went into effect on January 1, 2020, provides that the legal effect or enforceability of […]
This is a particularly good time to think about our Constitutional rights to protect our DNA from government capture and analysis. If we don’t consider it soon, we may lose all rights to protect the most intimate details of our lives and bodies, leaving us with virtually no […]
Two weeks ago, VISA announced that signed an agreement to acquire Plaid, a fintech that allows consumers to connect their bank accounts to apps like Venmo to enable mobile payments, among other things. By all accounts, VISA paid a significant premium to buy Plaid, shelling out $5.3 billion, […]
So you want to know how much Neanderthal is in your genes. You are curious about the percentage of Serbo-Croatian, Hmong, Sephardim or Ashanti blood that runs through your veins. Or maybe you hope to find a rich great-aunt near death, seeking an heir. How much is this […]
