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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #90 on: December 25, 2017, 12:30:23 pm »
Glenn Beck interview with Luis Elizondo - 21/12/17



Some excerpts

GB - Do we belive that there is live that is visiting us?
LE - The evidences at this póint are overwelming.

GB - Is the video the most compeling thing you have or there is more?
LE - There is significantly more, this 2 videos that are public domain are simply just a very, very small sample of the colective amount of information that we have over the years

"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #91 on: December 25, 2017, 07:35:45 pm »


Update from Grant -




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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #92 on: December 29, 2017, 12:08:16 pm »
Stephen Bassett Moscow interview Excerpts:







Question: Is his hope for Putin to disclose about aliens based only in his dislike for Trump administration?
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #93 on: December 29, 2017, 01:49:03 pm »
YES, EXACTLY !  Thank you for posting this interview. It confirms what I've been intuitively grasping for some time.

1) The US is and has been standing in the way of Disclosure for decades.  This is why the decline of the American Empire is so fascinating.

2) The whole Disclosure issue strongly suggests that the office of President as Commander in Chief has been compromised for decades.  The Deep State DOES exist and it controls the UFO narrative. This is consistent with Richard Dolan's research about how upset Eisenhower was about his constitutional authority in relation to Area 51. Is Disclosure the critical element to understanding why and how our government is so screwed up and broken into polarized factions?

3) Did the Deep State or some faction within it throw the election to Trump?  Maybe so - if they objected to Hillary becoming the Disclosure President. 

4) Does a competition now exist for Disclosure?  Trump?  Putin? Xi?  Who's gonna do it? Who wants to have his name in the history books as the Guy Who Changed The Course Of Human History?   I lean towards Putin.  Journalists are reported to use an Alien emoji when referring to him anyway.  He is the lead figure in ending the western New World Order........and I wonder if he has 'guidance'......

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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #94 on: December 30, 2017, 11:42:44 am »


The threat of an Alien false flag is out there.  It didn't occur to me though that, done carefully, partial Disclosure tends to block that threat.  It would be the same as the US trying to push war with Iran or NK  and can't seem to get it going because everybody knows the BS that got them into Iraq.


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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #95 on: December 30, 2017, 12:56:37 pm »
The Deep State DOES exist and it controls the UFO narrative.
A lot of the UFO narrative has been camouflage for Black projects and military activity.  Much of the rest is part of the "New Age" experiment.  What is left after that?

Do you think what is left is a cover up or is it more likely that although parts of the state know there are some real unidentified craft they really have no idea who it is?

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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #96 on: December 30, 2017, 03:15:26 pm »
Isn't the usual situation with this stuff is compartmentalization?  That way, unless a whole bunch of whistleblowers get together, nothing gets exposed that's credible. Just weird bits and pieces.

I don't understand the claim that this is just advanced secret aircraft.  If the stuff was advanced enough to imitate UFO behavior at its most extreme, then what's the debate about?  Turning corners at extreme speeds?  Hovering and then disappearing? 


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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #97 on: January 04, 2018, 11:04:44 am »
Isn't this a 'dog that didn't bark' situation?    Tom and his whistleblower friends survive and gain public attention.  Anybody dead yet?  Or one of their relatives? Bank accounts frozen?  Any cars that have their brakelines cut?

If these guys get by OK, they must have support at a high level, some agreement or forbearance on disclosure.  Otherwise, they would end up like an ex-Clinton associate in short order. 

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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #98 on: January 26, 2018, 11:58:59 am »
Yeah I dunno. Maybe that negative comment was in 2015? Unless dementia has set in, I do recall making a facebook post in response to his comment.

I know it seems there is an issue about Corbell that upsets some nice people here but, here we go...

New info about Bob Lazar:



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Almost thirty years later, Bob Lazar is starting to get pissed. Here is a recent interview I did with Bob (for my upcoming film), where he expresses his frustration with how his story has been twisted and distorted, and how it's time to "pull things out by the roots". You think you know Bob Lazar? You don't. The upcoming film I'm making on him will give you insight into exactly WHO Bob Lazar is, and will go into detail on his experiences and what the truth is. It will be up to you to grapple with the information. 2018 will be the year of Bob Lazar... get ready.

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Jeremy Corbell: The biggest roadblock to understanding, is the ability to dismiss someone because you don’t see them as human… as a person, so… what pisses you off?

Bob Lazar: I mean, disinformation and lies, and attacks that have no basis in reality. I mean, you can disagree with me and say, “Hey, I don’t believe that”. That’s fine. I haven’t presented you with enough information. And I understand that and I would probably be in your position. But don’t fabricate stuff. There’s some important information that needs to be released. And everybody needs to understand the truth to it, and not distorted versions of it. You really need to pay attention to what I’m saying. Because I have better things to do than come up with this. I’m not interested in doing this. I don’t like being in the public eye. I don’t get money for doing this. And quite frankly I could make up a better lie, but I have no motivation to lie. This hasn’t helped me out. It’s done something that… it’s information that I’m releasing, and that’s it.

Jeremy Corbell: It’s not an ordinary life.

Bob Lazar: That’s something I would like. I don’t like living in a James Bond movie; I like WATCHING James bond movies.

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Jeremy Corbell: People have been trying to minimize who you are. People have been trying to trivialize who you are. People have been trying to twist your story based on absolutely absurd things. That’s gotta wear on people to a point. You gotta set certain things straight.

Bob Lazar: It’s time to pull things out by the roots. Just to get things reset, and get people familiar with the story and who I am… and this is what’s true. The divergence has increased, just over time. I’m trying to tell you exactly the way things were. I mean, what I was exposed to. You think there something more secret than that, that the flying saucers are a coverup for? Some of this stuff just sounds crazy to me. I understand, I’m biased because I’m behind my eyes and see everything… but this is, this is crazy shit.

You can hear the audios and read the full article here: http://www.extraordinarybeliefs.com/news-2/2017/12/24/bob-lazar-new-statements


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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #99 on: February 23, 2018, 06:14:48 pm »






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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #100 on: February 24, 2018, 09:47:37 am »

A51
thanks.. i'm almost thru this vid.. and while you are posting for  one reason i am  listening for another
there was a section in there that answered a question i have had for awhile on the dna subject
it's at m 31 if anyone  just wants that part

ever since ancestry was sold to a private group in 2012 and the dna kits have become so popular i have wondered..
who are they looking for

>side issue of info privacy from dna is another long thread issue

anyway
they are looking for alien contacts and the statement made that your dna has every
happening in your life on it from your birth and there is a marker for contact that is on there from birth
>sounds like the Akashic Records doesn't it

> another side issue of what we come here with and why, etc

anyway they do dna on experiencers and give them a number and present this number to two intuitives with 95% accuracy
and find out if you are physic and have these experiences..
it was mentioned that he thinks big alow was financing it
that study was from a Kit green at wayne state on brain scans
is another hour long tape

very interesting
and i think that tidbit was worth the whole of the vid
so now i have one answer and 50 more questions..lol
and a lot more researching on my end
and yes  the  lower case and splitting of words was purposeful

my saturday has taken off
bwhahahahahahah

edit to add
that doing a search on the brain scan guy one entry says
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a former analyst at the CIA's Office of Scientific and Weapons Intelligence,
that was from a 2008 interview with him
you guys probably already knew that
but it gives me a creepy feeling to stop..sigh.. not that i'm going to
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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #101 on: February 24, 2018, 01:14:31 pm »
The real work on this (DNA and brain scan related to contacts) is being done in private at the moment but is ongoing.  I don't have permission to share details yet but you are along the right lines.

You might be interested a book by Jeremy Narby called The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the origins of knowledge.

There is an illegally uploaded copy here but download it quick or it may be deleted. https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2011/04/17/cosmicserp.pdf

Here is an interview with Jeremy: https://www.maps.org/news-letters/v19n1/v19n1-pg30.pdf

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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #102 on: February 24, 2018, 02:09:21 pm »


thanks Pim  got it

nice to see ya.. don't be such a stranger
will read and i hope if i have more questions you will be coming back

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Re: Tom DeLonge Annoucement - New Tech
« Reply #103 on: February 26, 2018, 03:37:15 pm »
Ancestry dot Com is/was run by the Mormon Church...

Since they started this DNA collection people have been getting weird mix results that mostly don't make a lot of sense. I figure the results they send you are more along the lines of searching your family heraldry... they just make up a family crest for you. :P Knowing what I know about how heraldry and family crests really work, I can guarantee most of the 'tourist' ones are faked.

Well interesting news has surfaced about the DNA collection

Ancestry.com takes DNA ownership rights from customers and their relatives
A word to the wise: Read the complete terms of service.


Don’t use the AncestryDNA testing service without actually reading the Ancestry.com Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. According to these legal contracts, you still own your DNA, but so does Ancestry.com.

The family history website Ancestry.com is selling a new DNA testing service called AncestryDNA. But the DNA and genetic data that Ancestry.com collects may be used against “you or a genetic relative.” According to its privacy policies, Ancestry.com takes ownership of your DNA forever. Your ownership of your DNA, on the other hand, is limited in years.

It seems obvious that customers agree to this arrangement, since all of them must “click here to agree” to these terms. But, how many people really read those contacts before clicking to agree? And how many relatives of Ancestry.com customers are also reading?

There are three significant provisions in the AncestryDNA Privacy Policy and Terms of Service to consider on behalf of yourself and your genetic relatives: (1) the perpetual, royalty-free, world-wide license to use your DNA; (2) the warning that DNA information may be used against “you or a genetic relative”; (3) your waiver of legal rights.

1. Perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license to use your DNA
AncestryDNA, a service of Ancestry.com, owns the “World’s Largest Consumer DNA Database” that contains the DNA of more than 3 million people. The AncestryDNA service promises to, “uncover your ethnic mix, discover distant relatives, and find new details about your unique family history with a simple DNA test.”

For the price of $99 dollars and a small saliva sample, AncestryDNA customers get an analysis of their genetic ethnicity and a list of potential relatives identified by genetic matching. Ancestry.com, on the other hand, gets free ownership of your genetic information forever. Technically, Ancestry.com will own your DNA even after you’re dead.

Specifically, by submitting DNA to AncestryDNA, you agree to “grant AncestryDNA and the Ancestry Group Companies a perpetual, royalty-free, world-wide, transferable license to use your DNA, and any DNA you submit for any person from whom you obtained legal authorization as described in this Agreement, and to use, host, sublicense and distribute the resulting analysis to the extent and in the form or context we deem appropriate on or through any media or medium and with any technology or devices now known or hereafter developed or discovered.”

Basically, Ancestry.com gets to use or distribute your DNA for any research or commercial purpose it decides and doesn’t have to pay you, or your heirs, a dime. Furthermore, Ancestry.com takes this royalty-free license in perpetuity (for all time) and can distribute the results of your DNA tests anywhere in the world and with any technology that exists, or will ever be invented. With this single contractual provision, customers are granting Ancestry.com the broadest possible rights to own and exploit their genetic information.

The AncestryDNA terms also requires customers to confirm that, “You understand that by providing any DNA to us, you acquire no rights in any research or commercial products that may be developed by AncestryDNA that may relate to or otherwise embody your DNA.” Essentially, you still own your DNA, but so does Ancestry.com. And, you can commercialize your own DNA for money, but Ancestry.com is also allowed to monetize your DNA for millions of dollars and doesn’t have to compensate you.

Although AncestryDNA customers provide voluntary consent to have their DNA used in commercial research projects, customers are free to withdraw consent, with a few exceptions. First, “data cannot be withdrawn from research already in progress or completed, or from published results and findings.” In those cases, Ancestry.com has access to data about you indefinitely.

Secondly, if a customer withdraws their consent, Ancestry.com will take 30 days to cease using their data for research. Finally, withdrawing consent, “will not result in destruction of your DNA Sample or deletion of your Data from AncestryDNA products and services, unless you direct us otherwise.” Customers must jump through additional hoops if they want their DNA sample destroyed or their data deleted from AncestryDNA products and services. The Ancestry.com policy does not specify what “additional steps” are required. U.S. customers must contact Ancestry.com customer service at 1–800–958–9124 to find out. (Customers outside the United States must call separate customer service numbers.)

2. Warning that DNA information may be used against “you or a genetic relative”
The Ancestry.com DNA testing service promises to analyze approximately 700,000 genetic markers. According to Ancestry.com, the service, “combines advanced DNA science with the world’s largest online family history resource to predict your genetic ethnicity and help you find new family connections.” The results of an AncestryDNA analysis include information about “ethnicity across 26 regions/ethnicities and identifies potential relatives through DNA matching to others who have taken the AncestryDNA test.”

AncestryDNA claims to use the “latest autosomal testing technology” to produce genetic identity reports and can combine the test results with “the world’s largest online family history resource to predict your genetic ethnicity and help you find new family connections.” In addition, AncestryDNA offers a genetic code profiling and matching service, advertising that “AncestryDNA can also help identify relationships with unknown relatives through a dynamic list of DNA matches.”

This raises a thorny issue that Ancestry.com has not resolved: your exact DNA profile is unique to you, but a substantial portion of your DNA is identical to your relatives. Thus, Ancestry.com is able to take DNA from its customers and also their relatives. Even if you’ve never used Ancestry.com, but one of your genetic relatives has, the company may already own identifiable portions of your DNA.

The personal “Genetic Data” collected by Ancestry.com includes “information derived from processing your DNA Sample through genomic, molecular, and computational analyses using various technologies, such as genotyping and whole or partial genome sequencing. Genetic Data is broader than just the results delivered to you when you use the AncestryDNA test and includes a range of DNA markers such as those associated with your health or other conditions.” In short, Ancestry.com holds genetic data that reveals your health and other conditions.

Genetic diseases are disorders caused by abnormalities in a person’s DNA and are divided into three categories: single-gene disorders, such as cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, and Huntington’s disease, result from the mutation of the protein of a single gene; chromosome abnormalities, such as Down Syndrome, are caused by disorders of the whole chromosome; and multifactorial disorders, including breast cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, develop from mutations in multiple genes, often coupled with environmental causes. Genomics play a role in nine out of the top ten leading causes of death in the U.S., including cancer, heart disease, stroke, chronic lower respiratory diseases, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, influenza and pneumonia, septicemia, and kidney disease.

Buried in the “Informed Consent” section, which is incorporated into the Terms of Service, Ancestry.com warns customers, “it is possible that information about you or a genetic relative could be revealed, such as that you or a relative are carriers of a particular disease. That information could be used by insurers to deny you insurance coverage, by law enforcement agencies to identify you or your relatives, and in some places, the data could be used by employers to deny employment.”

This is a massive red flag. The data “you or a genetic relative” give to AncestryDNA could be used against “you or a genetic relative” by employers, insurers, and law enforcement.

For example, a young woman named Theresa Morelli applied for individual disability insurance, consented to release of her medical records through the Medical Information Bureau (a credit reporting agency for medical history), and was approved for coverage. One month later, Morelli’s coverage was cancelled and premiums refunded when the insurer learned her father had Huntington’s disease, a genetic illness.

Startlingly, the Medical Information Bureau (MIB) used Morelli’s broad consent to query her father’s physician, a doctor with whom she had no prior patient relationship. More importantly, the applicant herself wasn’t diagnosed with Huntington’s carrier status, but she suffered exclusion on the basis of a genetic predisposition in her family.

Under a 1995 consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, the MIB and its members are required to comply with consumer protections of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Much like financial credit reports, all consumers are entitled to a free annual copy of their “medical report” file from the Medical Information Bureau (MIB). If the consumer discovers an error in her MIB medical credit report file, she must mail a letter to the MIB to begin the dispute process.

Federal laws, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), contain protections that prohibit health insurers from requiring, using, and analyzing genetic information in health care coverage decisions. However, both laws contain glaring exceptions that allow for genetic discrimination in certain industries. Notably, no federal laws regulate the use of genetic information, genetic testing, and genetic discrimination for life insurance companies, long-term care insurers, and employers.

An Ancestry.com DNA test is the impetus of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Sergeant Cleon Brown, a white police officer in Hastings, Michigan against his employer, the Hastings Police Department, and several city employees. Curious about his own family history, Brown purchased an AncestryDNA genetic test and analysis report.

The results surprised him — Ancestry.com said his DNA was 18 percent sub-Saharan African. Brown “proudly told his colleagues at the police department” about his African ancestry.

But not long after that, “his elation turned into misery.” According to Sergeant Brown’s complaint, his colleagues at the police department, “started whispering ‘Black Lives Matter’ while pumping their fists as they walked” past Brown.

The complaint also alleges that the former mayor of Hastings participated in the racist teasing, by telling Brown a joke containing racist slurs. “I just never thought it would be in Hastings, saying, like, racist comments to me,” Brown said to the New York Times. In his lawsuit, Brown, a military veteran who has worked in law enforcement for 20 years, is seeking $500,000 in damages.

The Ancestry.com Terms of Service also warns that genetic information in its possession can be used by state or federal law enforcement agencies “to identify you or your relatives.” With the rise of forensic evidence in criminal investigations, DNA is often considered incontrovertible evidence. To propel the use of DNA evidence in criminal investigations and prosecutions, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) operates the national Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database.

The CODIS DNA database, created and maintained by the FBI, consists of the following three levels of information: local DNA Index Systems (LDIS) where DNA profiles originate; state DNA Index Systems (SDIS) which allows for laboratories within states to share information; and the National DNA Index System (NDIS) which allows states to compare DNA information with one another. According to reports, the FBI’s CODIS software connects disparate databases including, arrestees, missing persons, convicted offenders, and forensic samples collected from crime scenes.

All 50 states, the District of Columbia, federal law enforcement, the Army Laboratory, and Puerto Rico participate in national sharing of DNA profiles through the CODIS system. However, the FBI DNA database is not infallible. In 2015, the FBI said it discovered flawed data after it commissioned a study to retest DNA samples. In a bulletin sent to crime labs across the United States, the FBI surmised that DNA data errors were probably due to “clerical mistakes in transcriptions of the genotypes and to limitations of the old technology and software.” The FBI suspects that errors in DNA may go back as far as 1999.

3. Waiver of legal rights
Are “you or a genetic relative” a customer of AncestryDNA? If so, Ancestry.com now has control over the DNA of “you or a genetic relative.” Should the warnings from Ancestry.com come to pass, and DNA information about “you or a genetic relative” is used against “you or a genetic relative” by any employer, insurer, or law enforcement, then “you or a genetic relative” have very limited legal rights.

In its sales contract, Ancestry.com takes no responsibility. By consenting to the AncestryDNA Terms and Conditions, “you or a genetic relative” agree to hold the company harmless for any damages that AncestryDNA may cause unintentionally or purposefully. If “you or a genetic relative” are “dissatisfied with any portion of the Websites or the Services, or with any clause of these terms, as your sole and exclusive remedy you may discontinue using the Websites and the Services.” The only option for unhappy customers is to stop using AncestryDNA.

In the event you or your genetic information cause harm, you agree to “defend, indemnify and hold harmless AncestryDNA, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees).” And customers beware, “you may be liable to others as well as to us if your account is used in violation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.” That means you could end up owing money to Ancestry.com, its attorneys, and others.

The final indignity for Ancestry.com customers is that they must waive fundamental legal rights by agreeing to mandatory binding arbitration. With the exception of intellectual property rights disputes and certain small claims, Ancestry.com customers must pursue their disputes through arbitration, rather than court. In arbitration, the established legal rules of discovery, evidence, and trial by jury do not exist.

Finally, if many AncestryDNA customers want to join together to file a lawsuit against Ancestry.com, they are prohibited. But in fairness, Ancestry.com similarly prohibits itself from joining with a bunch of others to file a class action lawsuit against you. By agreeing to the Terms and Conditions, “you and AncestryDNA agree that each may bring claims against the other only in your or its individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, consolidated, or representative action.”

These arbitration provisions survive even if you cancel your AncestryDNA account. However, for good measure, Ancestry.com notes that, “this arbitration agreement does not preclude you from bringing issues to the attention of federal, state, or local agencies. Such agencies can, if the law allows, seek relief against us on your behalf.”

4. Conclusion
To use the AncestryDNA service, customers must consent to the Ancestry.com Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. These are binding legal contracts between the customer and Ancestry.com. The most egregious of these terms gives Ancestry.com a free license to exploit your DNA for the rest of time.

Customers must understand that turning over their DNA means a loss of complete ownership and control. Ancestry.com customers should also know they’re giving up the genetic privacy of themselves and their relatives.

Before purchasing, individuals are advised to fully read and consider the Ancestry.com Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you become a customer, Ancestry.com owns your DNA for life and longer.

Editor’s Note: After the publication of this piece, Ancestry.com released a statement and made some changes to its Terms and Conditions. The organization has not responded to multiple requests for clarification from the author of this piece, and there are still remaining concerns about customers’ privacy.

https://thinkprogress.org/ancestry-com-takes-dna-ownership-rights-from-customers-and-their-relatives-dbafeed02b9e/

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« Reply #104 on: February 26, 2018, 03:38:59 pm »
Setting the Record Straight: Ancestry and Your DNA

[UPDATE] A quick update to this post. As I mentioned, we were working to clarify our Terms and Conditions language around the data rights – or license – you grant us when you take an AncestryDNA test. I’m happy to say that we have just posted the updates.]

Ancestry has released updated Terms and Conditions. These changes apply to all AncestryDNA customers, past and future. The changes that are most relevant to the discussion below can primarily be found in Section 3 The AncestryDNA Service.  These changes provide additional clarity around the policies that we already follow in terms of data ownership and sharing. A few highlights of the specific changes are below, but I encourage you to take a look at the whole document yourself.

First, we very clearly state that AncestryDNA does not “claim ownership rights in the DNA that is submitted for testing.” You own your DNA; this sentence helps make it clear that nothing we do takes, or has ever taken, that ownership from you.
Second, we’re clear that because you are owner of your DNA, we need you to grant us a license to your data so that we can provide our products and services to you and our other users, as well as develop new products and services. You can revoke this right at any time by requesting we delete your data or your account.
Third, we explicitly state that we will not share your genetic data with employers, insurance providers or third party marketers without first getting your consent. We already follow this procedure, but this language makes our commitment to you explicit.
Like I said yesterday, there are a lot of questions to ask and discussions to be had about genetic testing. We hope these updates help address some of your most pressing concerns.

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For more than 20 years, Ancestry has been working every day to earn and keep our customers’ trust. We strongly value the role Ancestry plays in the personal discoveries you achieve through our services, and in the role we play in your efforts to document your family histories across generations. We also understand that when it comes to your DNA, the expectations you have of us to be careful and respectful stewards of your data are heightened. We try to be transparent about what happens with your data when you take an AncestryDNA test – in our Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, and our Support Center – and we’re always open to having a discussion if you have any questions.

We’ve recently received a number of questions that stem from an article describing what Ancestry can do with your genetic information that has significant inaccuracies and fundamental errors in it. When I read the article, it became immediately obvious why consumers would have concerns: The article is inflammatory and inaccurate, and contains wild scenarios of the “did you know [insert scary hypothetical]” variety. If you don’t read our terms, and don’t spend a lot of time with our products and services, you might find this article alarming. So, let me try set the record straight by sharing some of the basic principles that guide everything we do at Ancestry.

We believe your DNA data belongs to you and we strive to be true stewards of your data.

If you provide us a sample of your saliva, we’ll analyze it to tell you more about where you come from. The sample, and the resulting data, are yours. You have the ability to download it at any time. You can request that we delete your data and destroy your physical sample at any time and we will do so.

Because genetic information is potentially useful to help cure disease, extend life, and improve science, we ask if you want to take part in research that may be conducted by third parties. If you consent to this through our Informed Consent (approved by an Institutional Review Board), your data is cleansed of any personal identifiers before being aggregated with other’s data, and only then would it be made available to potential research partners. Our research partners are typically from academic settings, but they might include for-profit research companies that are doing things like trying to understand if there are genetic markers related to longevity. Again, if you don’t consent to participate, your genetic information is not included in the research.

We have not sold or provided your genetic data to insurers, employers, or third-party marketers. We protect our users within the law, and require valid legal process such as a warrant before providing any data to law enforcement.

We understand how sensitive your genetic information is, and we have committed to protecting your data, and that’s why we’ve never provided genetic data to insurers or employers. Additionally, with regard to requests from law enforcement, our policy has only been that we will only provide data if compelled to by a valid legal process. We also issue an annual transparency report detailing the volume of law enforcement requests we receive.

The article contains a claim suggesting that we’ve buried, deep in our “Terms of Service,” the ability to reveal highly sensitive health information about you or a relative, which could be used by insurance carriers, law enforcement, or employers. As noted above, this is completely false.

The language referred to is part of the Informed Consent to participate in third-party research and describes some of the unlikely risks of participating. Before you agree to participate, we believe it’s important that you are aware of even unlikely scenarios where aggregated, non-personalized data might somehow be re-identified, which is why we’ve tried to be transparent about such risks and our commitment to avoiding them.

We take a license to your genetic information to allow us to provide you with our products and services, as well as to develop and improve them.

We require you to grant us a license to your data when you take our test. The reason for this is simple: We need that license in order to move your data through our systems, render it around the globe, and to provide you with the results of our analysis work. Personally, I don’t like the legal language on this issue because it can be confusing and seem overly broad, but it’s what’s necessary for us to do the work we do for you. That’s why we also have language throughout the process of activating a test that clarifies and limits what we can and can’t do with your data. We are, of course, actively looking to improve this language to enhance transparency and reduce confusion, and I hope to have some improvements to the transparency of the terms available online soon.

In conclusion

There are a lot of legitimate questions to be asked and discussions to be had about consumer genomics. It’s still a new industry after all. But wildly inaccurate articles don’t do you, the consumer, any favors. Their misleading and fear-inducing content confuses and confounds users, and generally does not help raise the level of dialog about consumer genetics privacy. I don’t expect that this one blog post will clear up every concern, and we’re happy to answer your questions, and hope that everything we have done over the last several decades has helped us earn your trust.

At Ancestry, we are all committed to continuing to earn that trust every single day.
 
Eric Heath
Chief Privacy Officer, Ancestry

https://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2017/05/21/setting-the-record-straight-ancestry-and-your-dna/

 


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