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Arizona
Genetic Information Privacy Act: consumer access, deletion and sample destruction
Genetic Information Privacy Act, section 44-8002(A)(5)
In force since .
A data subject rights rule binding public and private bodies.
- Enforcement body
- Arizona Attorney General, who may bring an action to enforce the chapter.
- How the hook was established
- express
- What makes it apply
- Data subject residence
- Obligation class
- Data subject rights
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Provide a process for a consumer to access the consumer's genetic data, delete the consumer's account and genetic data, and request and obtain the destruction of the consumer's biological sample (section 44-8002(A)(5)).
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Penalty structure
Section 44-8004: a civil penalty of up to $2,500 for each violation, the payment of actual damages incurred by consumers, and the costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the office of the attorney general.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 2,500
What it makes you log
Logging duty
The chapter states duties of notice, consent, legal process, security and consumer access and deletion, and states no duty to keep, show or file a record of them.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
A direct-to-consumer genetic testing company must provide a process for a consumer to access the consumer's genetic data, delete the consumer's account and genetic data, and request and obtain the destruction of the consumer's biological sample. A consumer is an individual who is a resident of this state.
The Attorney General may bring an action to enforce the chapter, and a person who violates it is subject to a civil penalty of up to $2,500 for each violation, actual damages incurred by consumers, and the Attorney General's costs and reasonable attorney fees. The general effective date for acts of the 2021 First Regular Session is .
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