Only Limited Information Needed For Pinpoint Identification of People From Online Genetic Information

Web Hunt For DNA Sequences Leaves Privacy Compromised by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  January 17, 2013.

Using only the long string of DNA letters, age of research subject, and state of the subject, researchers have successfully identified those subjects and their families.  The ease with which this information was unearthed poses questions for privacy policy in science and has implications for the open sharing data to further genetic research.  The guarantee of privacy granted to research subjects is called into question.  Story also covered here.