March 2017 Starbucks Challenge
During the semester we feature a technology with potential legal, social and/or ethical implications and ask:
What’s YOUR answer?
One $25 Starbucks gift card awarded per challenge based on what we feel is the most judicious response to the highlighted technology, below.
Deadline to be eligible for this month’s Starbucks gift card is April 28,2017.
For life-insurance policy risk-assessment purposes, DNA methylation technology is now being used to assess the health and life-expectancy of insurance applicants. Applicants are asked to provide saliva samples providing particular genetic information. What are some of the legal or ethical issues you see emanating from this practice? Are there any statutory or other legal protections that might impact the collection and use of the samples and accompanying information? Read more here and here.