Nebula Accused of Sharing DNA Data With Meta, Google For Ads (1)

DNA testing platform Nebula Genomics Inc. shared its customers’ genetic information—like their predisposition to certain diseases or hormone levels—with Meta Platforms Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Google LLC without users’ knowledge or consent, a proposed class action said.

Nebula violated Illinois’ Genetic Information Privacy Act, which prohibits companies that collect genetic data to share it with third parties without users’ written consent, according to a filing Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The complaint, estimating “at least thousands’’ of class members, also names Meta, Microsoft, and Google as defendants and calls for the ...