According to the Legislative Counsel’s Digest, the Bill ‘would establish the Genetic Information Privacy Act, which would prohibit a direct-to-consumer genetic testing services company from disclosing a person’s genetic information to a third party without obtaining the person’s prior written consent’.*How is genetic information protected in Australia?

Question: A Bill regulating use of genetic information has been introduced to the California Senate (USA). According to the Legislative Counsel’s Digest, the Bill ‘would establish the Genetic Information Privacy Act, which would prohibit a direct-to-consumer genetic testing services company from disclosing a person’s genetic information to a third party without obtaining the person’s prior written consent’.*How is genetic information protected in Australia? Should Australia introduce legislation similar to that proposed in California? If not, why not?This is the link to the Californian legislation: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB980 Good starting point: http://www.shelstonip.com/news/gene-patent-dichotomy-us-australia/ Ive attached some papers that speak on a similar topic, feel free to use them for ideas – thank you!! 🙂