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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAncestry.com Caught Sharing Customer DNA Data With Police With No Warrant
Fuckheads need to be put out of business or have a lawsuit filed against them...
In an extremely troubling case out of Idaho Falls, thats exactly what happened.
Police investigating the 1996 murder of Angie Dodge targeted the wrong man as the suspect, after looking to Ancestry.com owned Sorensen Database labs for help. The labs look for familial matches between the murderers DNA and DNA submitted for genealogical testing after failing to find a match using traditional methods.
According to The Electronic Frontier Foundation:
The cops chose to use a lab linked to a private collection of genetic genealogical data called the Sorenson Database (now owned by Ancestry.com), which claims its the foremost collection of genetic genealogy data in the world. The reason the Sorenson Database can make such an audacious claim is because it has obtained its more than 100,000 DNA samples and documented multi-generational family histories from volunteers in more than 100 countries around the world. Some of these volunteers were encouraged by the Mormon Churchwell-known for its interest in genealogyto provide their genetic material to the database. Sorenson promised volunteers their genetic data would only be used for genealogical services, including the determination of family migration patterns and geographic origins and would not be shared outside Sorenson.
Its consent form states:
The only individuals who will have access to the codes and genealogy information will be the principal investigator and the others specifically authorized by the Principal Investigator, including the SMGF research staff.
Despite this promise, Sorenson shared its vast collection of data with the Idaho police. Without a warrant or court order, investigators asked the lab to run the crime scene DNA against Sorensons private genealogical DNA database. Sorenson found 41 potential familial matches, one of which matched on 34 out of 35 allelesa very close match that would generally indicate a close familial relationship. The cops then asked, not only for the protected name associated with that profile, but also for all all information including full names, date of births, date and other information pertaining to the original donor to the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy project.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/ancestry-com-caught-sharing-dna-information-police-warrant/#dg52iJmf4xW84vCC.99
jwirr
(39,215 posts)advantage of that part of it.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)was providing the same service- not sure if they still do.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I am going to do it. I want to see if there are any surprises in the family tree. Don't take that wrong- I like surprises.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)disabled daughter I wanted to find a Jesse James. Never did though.
spanone
(135,891 posts)Fla Dem
(23,768 posts)REP
(21,691 posts)Your information is a commodity.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)leftstreet
(36,117 posts)according to the article
REP
(21,691 posts)Only Jews get Tay-Sachs and there are a number of diseases that are strongly linked to either Ashkenazi or Sephardic ethnicity. Obviously, I refer to it as "ethnicity" and not race, but I no longer expect words to be used properly.
Anyone can convert to Judaism, of course, and they can't convert to being Ashkenazi. So as I said, it is and it isn't.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)I'm not sure I know what you are talking about.
Bryant
leftstreet
(36,117 posts)It was in a link from the article
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)leftstreet
(36,117 posts)REP
(21,691 posts)use your historical research without attribution or renumeration for medical research.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)REP
(21,691 posts)And I really don't want any more of my Non-Conformist or Jewish relatives baptized by lunatics.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)It should be, IMO.
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)That's my free thought for the day.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Which they will lose, and BIG. Fraud, invasion of privacy, and unauthorized use of personal data to start with.
This is a hole beneath the water line. Boom.