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Originally Posted by Wormius
More sobering is, what is stopping a health or life insurance company from acquiring 23 & Me or Ancestry DNA? What is their retention policy anyway of user samples and results? They're obviously keeping some of it if they can match family members to each other.
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Considering public databases are able to access genetic information (at least anomalously) from these companies I would say much of the information may be out there already. If police are using public data to solve crimes there would be no reason other companies (insurance etc.) could build databases as well. Or use the data to help classify the risk they give you.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/dna-fam...case-1.4412759