Compared with the Chicago Bulls (see a blog entry I posted several days ago), IBM Corp., the world’s largest technology employer by revenue, is doing something right and big for the society to help protect employee privacy. IBM will soon announce a work force privacy policy that is promising not to use genetic information in hiring or in determining eligibility for its health care or benefits plans. Genetic tests are not prevalent in the marketplace, but some companies have secretly performed the tests without employees

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