IBMs Pledges to Protect Genetic Privacy of Workforce

Developing story from the New York Times:

I.B.M., the world’s largest technology company by revenue, is promising not to use genetic information in hiring or in determining eligibility for its health care or benefits plans. Genetics policy specialists and privacy rights groups say that the I.B.M. pledge to its more than 300,000 employees worldwide appears to be the first such move by a major corporation.

Steve Lohr. "I.B.M. to Put Genetic Data of Workers Off Limits" October 10, 2005

Update: Over at IBMs excellent collaborative blog on the future of healthcare, HealthNex, IBM’s Chief Privacy Officer Harriet Pearson introduces the genetic privacy policy and says "I hope the fortuitous coincidence of these public events [Eddy Curry case, IBM's policy, etc] — and many
more that will certainly arise in the weeks, months and years ahead –
will promote the kind of discussion around the future importance of
genetic security and privacy that our policy initiative today was
intended to generate."

Update2:  Amy Barrett. "IBM’s Smart Stance on Genetic Testing" OCTOBER 11, 2005

October 9, 2005 | Filed Under business, genetic-testing, legislation, opinion-research, policy, privacy, thought-leaders 

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