News & Commentary about Medical and Genetic Privacy
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The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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May 19, 2016
Who Should Control Your Genetic Information — You or Corporate Laboratories?
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Dec 3, 2015
Fear, Politics, and Ebola: Why the Ebola Quarantines Weren’t Only Unjustified, but Unconstitutional, Too
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Sep 18, 2015
Obama’s “Precision Medicine” Initiative and Privacy
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Apr 1, 2015
The Coming Power Struggles Over the "Internet of Things"
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Feb 12, 2015
Myriad Genetics Relents on Gene Patents, But Will the Patent Office Stop Issuing Patents on Products of Nature?
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Nov 6, 2014
The Fight to Take Back Our Genes Moves to Canada
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Oct 27, 2014
FTC Needs to Make Sure Companies Aren’t Using Big Data to Discriminate
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Oct 16, 2014
On the Creation of Giant Voiceprint Databases