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Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana) announced that his measure, Senate Bill 41 (SB 41) – which would assure consumers that Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) genetic testing companies will use their genetic data solely for the purposes to which they have consented passed the California Assembly’s Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee yesterday with bipartisan approval. “At-home DNA tests have provided people with the ability to seek meaningful connections to long-lost family or their own cultural and religious histories. Most people have no idea that this data can then legally be shared with third parties or potentially used against them in a variety of ways” said Senator Umberg “Genetic testing companies have, to date, gone largely unregulated by either state or national governments. This has led to breaches of sensitive private biological information and a suggestion by even the United States Department of Defense that members of the nation’s military avoid the use of t

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