Simon Gibson and Adam Lury — Blood Data
Bantam 2002 Paperback, 299pp. Prick yourself and you don't bleed, you download. Your veins are full of data, genetic code. Like any data it can be stored, retrieved and mined, just the same as the details from your credit-card statements. Sound scary? Well, this keeps getting worse. Your data's tested positive. For a condition you never knew you had. Not HIV or diabetes or any common virus. No, the guys in the labs aren't looking for physical symptoms. They want to know other secrets. They're using your data to predict your behaviour. And you've just tested positive for crime. What's that you say? You're innocent! That's not what it says on your file; and the facts don't lie. Pages tanned. (ISBN: 9780593049747). Good.
