UK Company Will Harvest DNA from COVID Tests
A UK government-approved COVID testing company called Cignpost has administered up to three million tests at 71 walk-in locations across the UK.
What customers didn’t know is that when they agreed to the company’s 4,876 word privacy policy, they gave permission for Cignpost to harvest their DNA.
Cignpost says it “may receive compensation” for sharing—or more accurately, selling—your DNA samples to other research companies and universities.
Of course, if a year ago you were concerned about your nasal swab COVID tests being used to harvest your DNA, you probably would have been called a conspiracy theorist
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/testing-firm-can-profit-from-sale-of-covid-swabs-w6vkb2f2f
UK Company Will Harvest DNA from COVID Tests
A UK government-approved COVID testing company called Cignpost has administered up to three million tests at 71 walk-in locations across the UK.
What customers didn’t know is that when they agreed to the company’s 4,876 word privacy policy, they gave permission for Cignpost to harvest their DNA.
Cignpost says it “may receive compensation” for sharing—or more accurately, selling—your DNA samples to other research companies and universities.
Of course, if a year ago you were concerned about your nasal swab COVID tests being used to harvest your DNA, you probably would have been called a conspiracy theorist
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/testing-firm-can-profit-from-sale-of-covid-swabs-w6vkb2f2f
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