U.S. Warns of Efforts by China to Collect Genetic Data
Edward You, who is the national counterintelligence officer for emerging and disruptive innovations, said the Chinese government was gathering medical, health and hereditary data around the world. WuXi has a less than 1 percent financial investment in 23andMe and has actually never ever received any customer information, Jacquie Cooke Haggarty, the company’s deputy basic counsel, stated in a declaration. The business likewise stated it saved details about names and contact info different from its genetic data.
Edward You, who is the nationwide counterintelligence officer for emerging and disruptive technologies, said the Chinese federal government was collecting medical, health and genetic data around the world.”They are developing the world’s largest bio database,” Mr. You said of the Chinese government efforts. WuXi has a less than 1 percent investment in 23andMe and has never gotten any customer information, Jacquie Cooke Haggarty, the business’s deputy general counsel, said in a statement. The company likewise stated it stored details about names and contact information separate from its hereditary data.”It’s all about the data,” Mr. You said.