California is ringing in the New Year with new privacy and security protections for genetic data. On January 1, 2022, California’s new Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) became the latest state genetic data privacy law to go into effect, adding to a growing number of state laws that require special protections for genetic data. This new law, signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom on October 6, 2021, impacts direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing companies as well as service providers to those companies.
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