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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Phillips, Andelka M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Future Law : FULA
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474422604; 9783110780420
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474422604?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Andelka M. Phillips.

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"