5 biggest risks of sharing your DNA with consumer genetic-testing companies (Connecting the Dots: Blackstone Group, Clinton Foundation, Soros & Saudi Arabia)
Eric Rosenbaum
PUBLISHED SAT, JUN 16 20182:18 PM EDTUPDATED SAT, JUN 16
20182:18 PM EDT
That’s a question consumers need to weigh as they
consider genome testing.
Companies in this space, including 23andMe, Veritas Genetics and
Ancestry, have a
good reason to protect your DNA —
their business future depends on maintaining the trust of consumers. But there
are thorny issues related to genetic privacy that still today don’t have easy
answers or iron-clad legislative protections. And regulators aren’t convinced
they are doing right by consumers. A recent Fast Company report indicates
that 23andMe and Ancestry are being investigated by the Federal Trade
Commission over their policies for handling personal
info and genetic data and how they share that info with third parties.
“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.
Here are five of the biggest privacy risks for consumers sharing their DNA with testing companies.
Ancestry.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com
LLC is an American genealogy company
based in Lehi,
Utah. The largest for-profit genealogy
company in the world, it operates a network of genealogical, historical
records, and related genetic genealogy websites.
In November 2018, the company claimed to provide access to approximately 10 billion historical records, to have 3 million paying subscribers, and to have sold 18 million DNA kits to customers.[4] By 2022, this number had risen to 30 billion records according to the company.[5] On December 4, 2020, The Blackstone Group acquired the company in a deal valued at $4.7 billion.
Connecting the Dots:
Blackstone
Group was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Jonathan D. Gray is
a director & global head of real estate for the Blackstone Group and was a funder for
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Mark T. Gallogly was
a senior managing director for the Blackstone
Group and a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Glenn H. Hutchins was
a general partner at the Blackstone Group
and a funder for the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was a
funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea
Clinton Foundation, the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank) and the Human Rights Watch (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations,
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Human
Rights Watch (think tank).
Wesley K. Clark is
a director at the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank) and a senior adviser for the Blackstone Group.
John J.
Studzinski is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), a director at the Human Rights Watch (think tank) and the vice
chairman for the Blackstone Group.
Stephen A.
Schwarzman is the chairman & CEO & co-founder for the Blackstone Group and
a 740 Park Avenue, New York resident.
Edgar M. Bronfman was
a 740 Park Avenue, New York resident
and a funder for the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Ronald O. Perelman was
a 740 Park Avenue, New York resident
and a funder, 2013 fundraiser chair for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Blackstone Group was a funder
for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton
Foundation.
Jonathan D. Gray is
a director & global head of real estate for the Blackstone Group
and was a funder for the Bill, Hillary
& Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Mark T. Gallogly was
a senior managing director for the Blackstone
Group and a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Glenn H. Hutchins was
a general partner at the Blackstone Group
and a funder for the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was a
funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea
Clinton Foundation.
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations
and a member of the Breakthrough Energy
Coalition.
Alwaleed bin
Talal is a member of the Breakthrough
Energy Coalition and a prince of Saudi
Arabia.
Saudi Arabia was a funder for
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton
Foundation.
Turki bin
Faisal Al Saud is a prince of Saudi Arabia, was William J. Clinton’s classmate at
Georgetown, and a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Friends
of Saudi Arabia was a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Blackstone Group was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Resources: Past Research
Blackstone, Saudi
Arabia Announce $40 Billion Investment in U.S. Infrastructure (Past Research on the Blackstone Group)
SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/05/blackstone-saudi-arabia-announce-40.html
Former Watergate
Counsel: Trump-Nixon Comparisons ‘Border on the Absurd’ (Past Research on George Soros & the Human Rights
Watch)
THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017
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