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Covid-19 testing company faces privacy probe over plan to sell swabs carrying customer DNA

News Com Australia

By Frank Chung

November 15, 2021

A large Covid-19 testing company in the UK is being investigated by the country’s privacy watchdog over plans to sell swabs containing customers’ DNA for medical research.

Cignpost Diagnostics, a government-approved testing provider, has delivered up to three million tests at a cost of between £35 ($64) and £120 ($220) each since it was founded in June last year, The Sunday Times reported.

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