7th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Genetic Privacy Claims Against Ancestry.com Buyer

Mealey's (May 4, 2023, 11:04 AM EDT) -- INDIANAPOLIS — Two clients of Ancestry.com DNA LLC provided only “sparse allegations” that an investment firm that purchased the genealogy-tracing company violated the nondisclosure requirements of the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found, affirming a trial court’s dismissal of their putative class complaint for failure to state a claim....