Maryland Quietly Shelves Parts Of Genealogy Privacy Law
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Maryland set limits on police access to ancestry websites. But state leaders stopped rolling out some of the new law, a Newsy investigation finds.
State leaders in Maryland quietly stopped implementing key parts of a landmark privacy law meant to protect ancestry data online, a Newsy investigation has discovered.
The law, enacted last year, was seen as a model for other states looking to set standards for when law enforcement can tap into DNA uploaded by Americans researching their heritage.
"States that don't have a law like ours, it's kind of the Wild West," said Natalie Ram, law professor at the University of Maryland.
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