Bern: the results of genetic tests must not be disclosed

Switzerland, recently passed to the news for being a c.d. crypto-friendly nation, where there is great attention and openness to the new and innumerable possibilities introduced by blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, and also for being a nation that makes values ​​such as security, discretion, reliability and secrecy, its own bulwark.

In line with the above mentioned, the Swiss National Council has recently expressed its opinion, by revising the "Federal Law on genetic examinations on human beings", has been established that life insurers can not have access to genetic tests previously carried out by their insured persons.

Therefore, following the introduction of the new rules, the law will regulate, in addition to the already regulated tests in the medical field, also the genetic tests of characteristics not relevant from the medical point of view.

In conclusion, it is highlighted that: despite many of these genetic tests are currently offered on the Internet without protecting privacy in any way - generating a sense of mistrust and insecurity in the public - thanks to this new regulation, together with the use of blockchain technology, to the user of the service will be insured the maximum privacy, avoiding that your health data are sold to third parties without the user has been informed.