It's all just evaporated in the past five years. Iceland has gone further than other European nations, Davies said, but it will not be alone for long. Wherever you see a bad law, you can bet that the rest of Europe will sink to that level and integrate. Pharmaceutical scientist Knowles acknowledged the potential for abuse. Because the data will be used to look for statistical relationships in large populations, the company has no motivation to examine information about specific persons, he said.
Individual data is of no use whatsoever.
Fears of abuse should be addressed through legislation, not by restricting the project, Stefansson said. We're not going to let people die simply because it might be abused.