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[dupe] Major DNA Testing Company Sharing Genetic Data with the FBI (bloomberg.com)
37 points by nacs on Feb 4, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



For what it's worth, the official statement from the company: https://blog.familytreedna.com/press-release-connecting-fami...


I'm surprised this wasn't known already, it seems like a no-brainer for the FBI to pool forensics data from other entities.

There probably needs to be some sort of international standard on handling genetically identifiable data.




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