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From: "Lawrence Mayka" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] FTDNA buys DNA-F!!
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:41:52 -0500
In-Reply-To: <44C17CCD.2040701@comcast.net>


> From: Bonnie Schrack [mailto:]
> One thing you can be sure of is that they aren't being forgotten or
> abandoned. I believe there may be a part of each sample left
> in Berlin
> and a part brought to Houston, where there will be a state-of-the-art
> freezer for storing samples, but we'll have to wait to hear
> exactly how
> things will work.

Legally and ethically, I'm sure that the combined company cannot bring DNA
samples into the United States without the owner's permission, and for an
obvious reason: I suspect that many people specifically chose to deal with
a German company because its DNA samples would not be subject to American
subpoenas, NSA examination, etc. It would be a major breach of faith to
break that explicit or implicit promise of privacy without the customer's
permission.

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