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Genetic privacy (Score:1)
People want to keep their genes private because of the potential for employers or insurance companies to look at their genome sequence and say "Oh, that's the allele that predisposes you to some sort of cancer or debilitating disease" and discriminate against you by not employing you or curtailing your health benefits.
These people have volunteered themselves, so they have to face that potential risk. However, if they are carrying a dominant disease trait (like Huntington's disease), which is a late onset di