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Amazon faces claim it violated employees’ genetic information privacy
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Chantelle Cloete, Reporter

Amazon is facing a possible class action lawsuit over its alleged misuse of genetic data in Illinois. The lawsuit claims that the worlds largest online retailer has been collecting and using employees’ genetic information without obtaining the explicit consent required under the state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA).