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Kate Black

Mar 03, 2015

23andMe has appointed Kate Black as its new privacy officer and corporate counsel. Black previously worked as a federal regulatory and interoperability policy analyst at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. She also has served as health privacy counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology in San Francisco. Black will report to Kathy Hibbs, chief legal and regulatory affairs officer of 23andMe, and will be responsible for reviewing, updating, and enhancing the company's privacy and consent policies for customers.

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