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  • Genomic Medicine
  • Bioethics
  • Data Privacy

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  • Advancements in big data genomic medicine and public dataset repositories raise significant genomic privacy concerns.
  • Understanding public attitudes towards genomic privacy is crucial for resolving these dilemmas, yet remains complex and poorly understood.
  • The concept of 'genetic exceptionalism' further complicates the landscape of genomic privacy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To distinguish between consequentialist (harm-based) and non-consequentialist (dignity-based) genomic privacy interests.
  • To investigate public attitudes towards the non-consequentialist aspect of genomic privacy, often overlooked in empirical studies.
  • To assess the relative strength of non-consequentialist genomic privacy interests compared to other non-consequentialist privacy interests.

Main Methods:

  • Articulated the concept of a non-consequentialist genomic privacy interest.
  • Conducted an empirical study to probe public attitudes towards this interest.
  • Compared attitudes towards non-consequentialist genomic privacy with attitudes towards more tangible non-consequentialist privacy interests.

Main Results:

  • The study revealed that the non-consequentialist genomic privacy interest is perceived as relatively weak by the public.
  • This finding contrasts with potentially stronger feelings associated with other non-consequentialist privacy concerns.

Conclusions:

  • The perceived weakness of the non-consequentialist genomic privacy interest has significant implications for policy and ethical considerations.
  • This insight can aid in adjudicating complex dilemmas involving genomic privacy in the era of big data.
  • Further research may explore the factors influencing these attitudes to better inform genomic data governance.