dc.contributor.author | PHILLIPS, ANDELKA | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-19T15:07:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-19T15:07:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2017 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Phillips, A.M., Reading the fine print when buying your genetic self online: direct-to-consumer genetic testing terms and conditions, New Genetics and Society, 36, 3, 2017, 273 - 295 | en |
dc.identifier.other | Y | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14636778.2017.1352468 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/92577 | |
dc.description.abstract | Contracts are ubiquitous online. Clickwrap and browsewrap agreements are to be encountered on almost every website a person engages with when accessing services online. Through these documents, people enter into binding contractual relationships, often without reading and sometimes without noticing these documents, when they engage with a wide variety of services online. This article discusses the use of contracts by the direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTCGT) industry, as the dominant means of industry self-regulation. To date limited attention has been paid to these contracts. This article reviews the contracts of 71 companies that provide a variety of tests for health purposes. It considers these contracts from a consumer protection standpoint and identifies a number of problematic terms that may be challengeable under the UK’s consumer legislation and concludes by discussing the recent work potential for the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority to establish and enforce clear standards for DTCGT contracts. | en |
dc.format.extent | 273 | en |
dc.format.extent | 295 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | New Genetics and Society; | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 36; | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 3; | |
dc.rights | Y | en |
dc.subject | Direct-to-consumer genetic testing | en |
dc.subject | Regulation | en |
dc.subject | Contract | en |
dc.subject | Unfair terms | en |
dc.subject | Clickwrap | en |
dc.subject | Informed choice | en |
dc.title | Reading the fine print when buying your genetic self online: direct-to-consumer genetic testing terms and conditions | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.type.supercollection | scholarly_publications | en |
dc.type.supercollection | refereed_publications | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/phillian | |
dc.identifier.rssinternalid | 155657 | |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2017.1352468 | |
dc.rights.ecaccessrights | openAccess | |
dc.subject.TCDTheme | Digital Humanities | en |
dc.subject.TCDTheme | Genes & Society | en |
dc.subject.TCDTag | direct-to-consumer genetic testing | en |
dc.identifier.orcid_id | 0000-0003-4026-3721 | |
dc.status.accessible | N | en |
dc.rights.restrictedAccess | Y | |
dc.date.restrictedAccessEndDate | 2018-08-09 | |