Gardenshed
You say 'It is up to you who you trust with your data. It is not (or at least should not be) up to you to decide who to trust with other people’s data.'
What part of other people's data is being shared? I am still trying to get my head round this.
Nobody responded to my analogy with loading to Gedmatch and the ability to garner millions of email addresses, or my comment about sharing DNA access with others.
As long as you personally have not uploaded your DNA to Gedmatch, or shared your results with even one other person, or manage the results of even one other person, you are being consistent with the views expressed by you in this thread.
If you have done any of those things, then your viewpoint is that, your viewpoint. Others have different ones.
I am surprised that you did not raise any questions with Genetic Affairs.
You were rather rude about a first time poster -
'Have you and whoever is calling themselves Genetic Affairs considered the privacy issues raised earlier in this thread'.
I contacted him about the views being expressed in this thread so that he could explain things here, but nobody got back to him specifically.
He said at the end of his post
'Feel free to ask for more info, I don't have a lot of time but I do think it's important to explain as much as possible'.
Regards Margaret