Criminal genealogy searching is a valuable tool but raises important ethical concerns

NIH researchers addressed the ethics of using genealogy data to solve crimes in a timely commentary relevant to the recent arrest of the suspected Golden State Killer. In the May 29 issue of theAnnals of Internal Medicine, Ben Berkman, J.D., and his colleague highlight the need: to alert users that their data may be used in criminal investigations (informed consent), for safeguards around potential uses of genomic data (privacy) and to limit criminal genealogy to crimes where other investigative methods have failed (justice).
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