Are genetic testing services protecting our data?

There Are No Girls on the Internet

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Society & Culture, Technology

4.4 • 820 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Genetic testing services like 23&Me can tell us a lot about our health and our ancestry.

But whenever you’re giving your DNA to a company, it’s important to know the risks. We’re joined by 23andMe Senior Privacy Counsel Zerina Curevac for a deep dive on what you need to know before you spit.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Job. And I go by the name, Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher. That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle.
0:20.9	We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other.
0:23.5	So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever
0:28.5	you get your podcast.
0:34.1	There are no girls on the internet as a production of IHeart Radio and Unbossed Creative.
0:42.1	I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet.
0:47.4	So it's probably no secret to anyone listening that I consider myself to be a bit of a tech critic.
0:52.7	I just think it's important to interrogate who has the power in technology
0:56.4	and how that power is being used.
0:58.7	And this has been particularly important to me as somebody who was traditionally marginalized.
1:02.9	So, last Thanksgiving, when my cousin was telling her family
1:05.7	all about how he used the ancestry and DNA kit, 23 and me,
1:10.3	to find out more about our family legacy and history,
1:13.0	the entire family was listening to him completely captivated while he talked about what he had found.
1:18.7	And I could already feel all their eyes on me like they were all just waiting for me to rain on the
1:23.2	parade. But it actually sounded like he had found out some pretty compelling information that made us all feel
1:28.7	more deeply connected to our family story, which frankly had always been a little bit murky.
1:33.7	So, kind of out of character for me, I actually started to get pretty interested in DNA and
1:38.5	ancestry kits like 23 and me. But as interested as I was, I was also really, really hesitant. You know, I knew it could be
1:45.8	used to learn more about my family, my background, and to learn more about my health so I can make
1:50.4	more informed choices. But I also know this whole fraught history of people, particularly our people,
1:58.2	when it comes to things like DNA being misused or worse used against us.
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