If you are an Illinois resident who bought and used an Ancestry.com DNA kit, this page explains the GIPA tracking-pixel privacy allegations. This investigation is no longer accepting submissions.
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Are You an Illinois Resident Who Purchased And Used An Ancestry.com DNA Kit?
If you are an Illinois resident who purchased and used an Ancestry.com DNA test kit, your privacy may have been violated! Attorneys are investigating claims that when individuals go online to check the results of their Ancestry DNA tests, Ancestry is using both Google and Meta tracking pixels to share that personal information with sites like Google and Facebook.In Illinois, sharing someone's genetic information without their consent is explicitly illegal under the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA). If you are an Illinois resident who purchased and used an Ancestry.com DNA testing kit, you may be owed compensation for the violation of your privacy rights.
What are GIPA and How Does it Protect Illinois Residents?
GIPA, or the Genetic Information Protection Act, is an Illinois law that seeks to protect genetic information of Illinoisians. The protection is provided for individuals' privacy of their genetic information, as defined by HIPAA. The law prohibits the sharing of genetic information without the individual's consent.How Do I Qualify for Compensation?
If you live in Illinois, and purchased an Ancestry.com DNA testing kit within the past five (5) years, please fill out the intake form linked below to see if you qualify. Here are the full requirements:• You must be a resident of Illinois.
• You must have purchased an Ancestry DNA test kit within the last 5 years (September 2020 to present).
• You must have used the kit and submitted it to Ancestry for analysis.
• You must have checked your results after they were returned to you.
• You must have had an active Facebook or Gmail account at the time you checked your results.
• You must be able to provide the email address associated with your Ancestry account.
• You must be able to provide proof of your use of Ancestry (for example, an email from Ancestry or a screenshot of your account details or username on the Ancestry.com website).
This Investigation Is No Longer Accepting Submissions
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