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Sharing DNA info on Geni in Israel

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Rashi Rosenzweig aclassact@gmail.com

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Aug 24, 2016, 7:30:03 PM8/24/16
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Good Morning Jewish Gen Gang:

Just recently found out that those of us who use Geni in Israel are
unable to upload their DNA information onto their Geni profiles
because of an ordinance from within Israeli law. There are other
countries on the globe who have the same rules as well as the State of
Alaska (the only state in the USA that has this rule).

Does anyone know who we can approach within the government and perhaps
petition in order to change this?

Wishing you all a great day.

Kind regards,

Rashi Rosenzweig
Ra'anana, ISRAEL
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adam.cherson@gmail.com adam.cherson@gmail.com

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Aug 25, 2016, 9:03:24 PM8/25/16
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Wed, 24 Aug 2016, Rashi Rosenzweig <acla...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Just recently found out that those of us who use Geni in Israel are
> unable to upload their DNA information onto their Geni profiles
> because of an ordinance from within Israeli law. ...
> Does anyone know who we can approach within the government and perhaps
> petition in order to change this?

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Instead of expending lots of time and resources to try to change the
law, I would instead investigate the legality of your uploading your
DNA via another jurisdiction. It all depends on whether the laws you
reference are directed at persons wishing to upload their DNA or are
prohibitions against the online platforms, such as Geni. If it is the
former then I would not advise you or anyone to violate the law. But if
the law is of the latter variety, then there would be no reason not to
submit the DNA by proxy via another jurisdiction where there are no such
prohibitions. This would be a legal use of your DNA information property
and would be similar to the actions people sometimes take to access
Wikipedia, Google, or Facebook in places where censorship of these
platforms exists.

I wonder if you could share what you have heard is the reasoning behind
such anti-DNA uploading regulations?

Cordially,
Adam Cherson
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