Genetic Data and the Right to Privacy: Towards a Relational Theory of Privacy?

Abstract This article examines the lacunae in contemporary understandings of right to privacy which genetic data exposes. In particular, argues that nature challenges modern, individualistic conceptions have come dominate human rights law twenty-first century. The suggests seeds a new understanding integrates existing with need acknowledge relational modern can be located jurisprudence European Court Human Rights and Justice Union. offers some initial thoughts on how theory based this would function, further engagement reconcile collective impacts processing is needed.