23andMe says health data was included in hack that compromised 6.9 million users
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Some 6.9 million 23andMe customers had their data compromised after an anonymous hacker accessed user profiles and posted them for sale on the internet earlier this year, the company said on Monday.
The exposure of such information could have concerning ramifications. In the US, health information is typically protected by what's known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. But such protections only apply to health-care providers. The 2008 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), protects against discrimination in employment and health insurance should information from a DNA test make it out into the wild.
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