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What are the ethical and legal considerations of working with genetic information?

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Legal implications that practitioners should be aware of when working with genetic information include:

  1. Privacy and Confidentiality:
    • Practitioners must comply with data privacy laws, such as GDPR in Europe, HIPAA in the U.S., or the Australian Privacy Principles, which require secure handling, storage, and sharing of genetic information.
    • Genetic data is considered sensitive information, so extra care must be taken to ensure it is not disclosed without explicit patient consent.

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