A security researcher found the email addresses and encrypted passwords of more than 92 million users of the genealogy site on a private server outside the company.

Luna DNA, Nebula Genomics, and other “bio-brokers” will allow customers to make money by granting access to their genetic and personal information for research purposes.

The agency says it has taken various steps to ensure the privacy of participants’ data. 

The tool cannot predict a person’s face from DNA, say researchers—including some listed as coauthors on the publication. 

December 2015's selection of notable quotes

Genomic data shared via the Beacon Project are vulnerable to privacy breaches, scientists show.

Research participants aren’t always clear on open data policies when consenting to studies.

Researchers identify people by the unique combinations of microbes found in and on their bodies.

In a defamation lawsuit involving anonymous comments on the post-publication peer review website, a judge requests potentially identifying information.

Judges rule that climate scientist Michael Mann’s communications are not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.