Tag: genetic data

US Senators Reintroduce ‘Gene Act’ to Protect Americans’ Genetic Data From Chinese Regime

Two Republican senators have reintroduced a bill aimed at protecting the genetic data of Americans in response to the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) collection of such data. BGI Group (BGI), a leading company in the Chinese genomics industry, has been repeatedly accused of extensively collecting the genetic data of Americans. Leading…


UK Should Be Concerned at Chinese Gene Data Harvesting, Lawmaker Says

LONDON—The harvesting of genetic data from millions of women by a Chinese company through prenatal tests is concerning and Britain should debate how privacy can be protected from “surveillance autocracy,” a senior British lawmaker told Reuters. A Reuters review of scientific papers and company statements found that BGI Group developed the tests in collaboration with…