State Genetic Privacy Statutes: Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences?
Investigative genetic genealogy is a new and complex law enforcement technique that should not be regulated by accident or as an afterthought.

We must take action to make genetic data sharing more secure and increase the public’s perception of its importance and safety.
Scientific research is now effectively prohibited by the majority of genealogy websites’ terms of use.
Health information should not be treated as property. Instead, we should continue to enhance existing regulatory and liability rules to safeguard individual privacy and data security.