TY - JOUR T1 - Genetic Information and Communities: A1 - Panagiotopoulos, Adam PY - 2018 N2 - This article addresses the question of whether and under which conditions a communitarian approach could be embedded in the data protection regime, focusing on the concept and regulation of genetic data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Reflecting on the collective and relational dimension of genetic data, this article challenges the communitarian doctrine, which underlies the relevant GDPR provisions, and suggests that the common good should not have ipso facto primacy over individual rights. The rights to data protection and privacy should be considered as individual rights, duties and shared ends. Keywords: Communitarianism, Genetic Data, Data Protection, Privacy, Public Interest JF - European Data Protection Law Review JA - European Data Protection Law Review VL - 4 IS - 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.21552/edpl/2018/4/8 M3 - doi:10.21552/edpl/2018/4/8 ER -