Genetic Privacy Protection Weakened by Recently Revised EEOC Regulations, ASHG Says

May 17, 2016

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The American Society of Human Genetics said this week that it opposes recent revised regulations by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that affect the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).

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