Ancestry.com Disclosure of Genetic Information Illinois GIPA Complaint

October 29, 2021

What privacy rights do we have to our genetic information? Illinois has a Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) that attempts to protect privacy rights in that area. The complaint for this class action alleges that Ancestry.com DNA, LLC has violated that law because it disclosed genetic information to Blackstone, Inc., a private equity firm that bought Ancestry.com in 2020.