Genetic paparazzi are right around the corner, and courts aren't ready to confront the legal quagmire of DNA theft
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DNA is a trove of personal information that can be hard to keep track of and protect. Boris Zhitkov/Moment via Getty ImagesEvery so often stories of genetic theft, or extreme precautions taken to avoid it, make headline news. So it was with a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting at opposite ends of a very long table after Macron declined to take a Russian PCR COVID-19 test in 2022. Many speculated that Macron refused due to security concerns th
Under existing laws and the current state of genetic technology, most people don’t need to worry about surreptitious collection and use of genetic material in the way that public figures might. But genetic paparazzi cases will likely play an important role in determining what rights everyone else will or will not have.
For better or for worse, how the courts rule in genetic paparazzi cases will shape how society thinks about genetic privacy and about individual rights regarding genetics more broadly.
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