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""Since the Golden State killer case kind of exploded, we've seen there are risks to law enforcement authorities wanting to have access to that data,” said Jen King, Director of Consumer Privacy at the Center for Internet and Society. Read more about A Private Equity Firm Bought Ancestry, and Its Trove of DNA, for $4.7B
"“The acknowledgement of an issue is a start, but if a ‘resolution’ means simply correcting the error, there are many questions that remain,” Elizabeth Joh, a professor of law at University of California, Davis School of Law, told TechCrunch." Read more about GEDmatch confirms data breach after users’ DNA profile data made available to police
"And companies are popping up every day, promising to use your DNA for everything from figuring out what wine or marijuana varietals your genetics predispose you to, to what skin care regimen is best for you, according to Jennifer King, director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society. Read more about Genetic testing is an inexact science with real consequences
"Elizabeth E. Joh, who teaches policing and technology at the University of California at Davis School of Law, said she thinks legislation is needed to establish limits to law enforcement’s use of DNA.
“There’s very little in the way of rules in terms of what’s permitted and what isn’t,” she said. “It’s still relatively new, and the kind of cases that have thus far been solved are the kinds of cases I think most people want to have solved. But that doesn’t answer the question of what the limits should be on what the government can do.”" Read more about Alexandria rape suspect challenging DNA search used to crack case
"“We worry about this in the privacy space,” says Jennifer King, director of consumer privacy at the Center for Internet and Society Stanford Law School. “Your DNA is uniquely identifiable, it’s what makes you, you. This gets into a whole new realm of privacy concerns.”" Read more about The big risk to your privacy when you take a home DNA test
"“I think we should be very wary of any proposals to create a DNA database, even if the intentions are good,” Elizabeth Joh, professor of law at the University of California, Davis, says in an email." Read more about Could DNA Testing Reunite Immigrant Families? Get the Facts.
""The key thing about your genetic data ... it is uniquely yours. It identifies you, so if you are going to entrust it to a company, you should try to understand what the consequences are," said Jennifer King, director of consumer privacy at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, whose research on the issue and interviews with individuals shows a lack of consumer knowledge." Read more about 5 biggest risks of sharing your DNA with consumer genetic-testing companies
"Like fingerprints in an earlier age, finding a DNA match is now considered the gold standard for criminal prosecutions in America. But the Golden State Killer case puts new attention on how samples are used and obtained in addition to what they tell us. “This isn’t really a DNA story,” Elizabeth Joh, a UC Davis law professor who studies the Fourth Amendment and technology, told me. “It’s a story about data.” Read more about How the Supreme Court Could Rewrite the Rules for DNA Searches
"Or think of it this way, says University of California Davis School of Law professor Elizabeth Joh, who’s proposed laws against DNA theft: Do you have anything to hide? Then this is an issue you should start thinking about. Read more about The Murky Legal World of the DNA You Leave Behind at Restaurants
