Emily Mullen

So HIPAA is the Health Information Privacy Act that we often hear about. That protects information only when we're talking about health entities sharing data with each other. So in this case, 23andMe is a... company that sells genetic testing kits. They're not a health entity. So HIPAA does not protect your genetic information in this case.

So HIPAA is the Health Information Privacy Act that we often hear about. That protects information only when we're talking about health entities sharing data with each other. So in this case, 23andMe is a... company that sells genetic testing kits. They're not a health entity. So HIPAA does not protect your genetic information in this case.

So HIPAA is the Health Information Privacy Act that we often hear about. That protects information only when we're talking about health entities sharing data with each other. So in this case, 23andMe is a... company that sells genetic testing kits. They're not a health entity. So HIPAA does not protect your genetic information in this case.

There are a couple of states like California that do have more stringent protections, but there is no federal law that protects information collected in this way.

There are a couple of states like California that do have more stringent protections, but there is no federal law that protects information collected in this way.

There are a couple of states like California that do have more stringent protections, but there is no federal law that protects information collected in this way.

I think we're seeing consumer DNA testing fizzle out, at least in its current form. I think people are much more aware of the privacy risks now than when these tests first came out. So I think there's been an erosion of trust with these companies for at least a couple of years now.

I think we're seeing consumer DNA testing fizzle out, at least in its current form. I think people are much more aware of the privacy risks now than when these tests first came out. So I think there's been an erosion of trust with these companies for at least a couple of years now.

I think we're seeing consumer DNA testing fizzle out, at least in its current form. I think people are much more aware of the privacy risks now than when these tests first came out. So I think there's been an erosion of trust with these companies for at least a couple of years now.

And again, for the people who went to these companies to get that ancestry information or learn about a relative, perhaps they were adopted, that sort of thing. A lot of those people have already taken these tests at this point.

And again, for the people who went to these companies to get that ancestry information or learn about a relative, perhaps they were adopted, that sort of thing. A lot of those people have already taken these tests at this point.

And again, for the people who went to these companies to get that ancestry information or learn about a relative, perhaps they were adopted, that sort of thing. A lot of those people have already taken these tests at this point.