What's Next: A Sneak Peak at Consumer DNA Collection's Dangerous Road + SEC's Early Loss on a Crypto ICO
Stanford Law's Jen King discusses the legal and privacy issues around DNA data collection, where the law stands and what may be in store down the road.
November 28, 2018 at 07:00 AM
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Hey there What's Next readers! Hope you all had a great holiday. I'm still out myself, but wanted to share a fascinating conversation I had with none other than Stanford Law's Jen King about privacy concerns surrounding commercial DNA collection (think 23andMe—a company on which King did quite a bit of research). We also have news on the SEC's legal setback this week in its push to treat an initial coin offering as a security. My colleague Nate Robson has also been kind enough to wrangle some links to news you can use (and may have missed) around tech in law.
As always, drop me a line at [email protected] or @IanMichaelLopez. Enjoy, and see you next week!
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