[ExI] 23andME - Company issues: privacy

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 15 20:57:35 UTC 2014


I'd like to see your alternative to 23 and me.

bill w

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:19 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> How does 23andMe assure customers that their DNA data is private?
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> Thanks,
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> Natasha
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> Natasha, you aren’t required to tell them who you are.  Any pseudonym will
> do.  I have two second cousins on there whose identities I have been trying
> to crack for some time, but no luck.
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> If one of your siblings or several cousins go on there and identify
> themselves, it is easy enough to figure out with high confidence the
> identity of you, but it is unlikely several cousins would do it, and you
> can ask your siblings if they did it.
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> If you want even more assurance of privacy, have a friend buy the kit with
> her credit card.  Then register yourself Rhizopus Stolonifer.  Give a
> different friend’s email @ or create one for Ms. Stolonifer and use it for
> only that.
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> Welcome to the family!
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> Before you do that however, if you are in it for genealogy purposes,
> 23andMe isn’t the way to go.  Post me offlist for further info if you worry
> about privacy concerns, or ask here if you wish.  Others might want this
> info.
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> spike
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> *Subject:* [ExI] 23andME - Company issues: privacy
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> How does 23andMe assure customers that their DNA data is private?
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> Thanks,
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> Natasha
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> Natasha Vita-More, PhD <http://www.natasha.cc/>
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