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RESEARCH PRODUCT

ADMISSIBILITY OF GENETIC TESTING INFORMATION BY THE INSURANCE SECTOR IN POLAND

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Human progress has led to a growing interest in factors shaping the human nature, physical features, tendencies. Determining the demands of particular nations or social groups influences all industry sectors, the economy, the goods. As this comprehensive sum of the human knowledge plays such a vital role in a modern world, the progress in the field of human genetics and other related sciences will also be accelerated. The wealth of knowledge positively impacts many aspects of life and various types of human activity such as healthcare, the economy, trade. It is evident that the ability to create a detailed analysis of each individual greatly affected the wider insurance sector. The following article will discuss the conditions of admissible use of genetic testing results by the insurance sector for the purpose of risk assessment in the context of the Polish legislative system; the factors contributing in an increased interest by the insurance companies in this new field and the predicted consequences arising from an extensive privacy interference of each person.