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Buying your Self on the Internet : Wrap Contracts and Personal Genomics / Andelka M. Phillips.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Future Law : FULAPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781474422598
  • 9781474422604
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 343.071 23/eng
LOC classification:
  • K845.E44 P45 2019
  • K845.E44 P45 2019
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Expanded Table of Contents -- Box Text -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Statutes -- Cases -- Abbreviations -- Abbreviations for Direct-to-Consumer Company -- 1. Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing and Regulating Disruptive Technology -- 2. The Science Behind that Click of the Mouse -- 3. The Rise of Personal Genomics: An Overview of the Direct-to- Consumer Genetic Testing Industry -- 4. Privacy, Data Protection and Security in the Context of Directto- Consumer Genetic Testing Services -- 5. Clicking Away Rights in DNA: A Review of DTC Contracts -- 6. Future Directions for DTC Governance -- Addendum -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Examines the direct-to-consumer genetic testing industry’s controversial use of ‘wrap’ contractsUses the example of DTC genetic testing companies using wrap contracts as their dominant means of governance to show the challenges that disruptive technologies pose for societies and for regulationReviews 71 wrap contracts used by DTC companies providing health testingExplores broader issues with online contractingSets an agenda for improving regulation and the online contracting environmentThis book provides an introduction to the world of personal genomics and examines the rise of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing industry (DTC) and its use of 'wrap' contracts. It explores the different types of tests available and the issues that this industry raises for law and society.Find out moreWatch Andelka M. Phillips talking about DNA testing on the consumer affairs show Fair Go and their story on DNA Discovery"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781474422604

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Expanded Table of Contents -- Box Text -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Statutes -- Cases -- Abbreviations -- Abbreviations for Direct-to-Consumer Company -- 1. Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing and Regulating Disruptive Technology -- 2. The Science Behind that Click of the Mouse -- 3. The Rise of Personal Genomics: An Overview of the Direct-to- Consumer Genetic Testing Industry -- 4. Privacy, Data Protection and Security in the Context of Directto- Consumer Genetic Testing Services -- 5. Clicking Away Rights in DNA: A Review of DTC Contracts -- 6. Future Directions for DTC Governance -- Addendum -- Bibliography -- Index

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Examines the direct-to-consumer genetic testing industry’s controversial use of ‘wrap’ contractsUses the example of DTC genetic testing companies using wrap contracts as their dominant means of governance to show the challenges that disruptive technologies pose for societies and for regulationReviews 71 wrap contracts used by DTC companies providing health testingExplores broader issues with online contractingSets an agenda for improving regulation and the online contracting environmentThis book provides an introduction to the world of personal genomics and examines the rise of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing industry (DTC) and its use of 'wrap' contracts. It explores the different types of tests available and the issues that this industry raises for law and society.Find out moreWatch Andelka M. Phillips talking about DNA testing on the consumer affairs show Fair Go and their story on DNA Discovery"

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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