IBM won’t use genetic info for hiring or benefit plans
IBM, the world’s largest computer maker, on Monday pledged not to use genetic data to screen employees and applicants in what it said was the first such move by a major corporation to safeguard a new category of privacy. One company down 100 Billion more to go! I hope companies don’t start doing genetic screening, but it is bound to happen.
IBM, the world’s largest computer maker, on Monday pledged not to use genetic data to screen employees and applicants in what it said was the first such move by a major corporation to safeguard a new category of privacy. International Business Machines Corp. also said it would refrain from using the data in determining eligibility for health-care or benefits plans. The pledge comes as Congress debates a proposed privacy bill that would bar health insurers and employers from discriminating against people with a genetic predisposition to disease.
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