Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) is a form of gene editing technology that offers a way to edit a genome. CRISPR edits genes by  cutting DNA and then allowing natural DNA repair processes to take over. Although it sounds like a good and new technology, there are many risks that come with it. More importantly, ethical issues such as data privacy. Data privacy is a type of ethical issue of personal information about a person kept away from others until that person determines when and what information to share. This can be a name, a location, or anything else, but in this case, it is a health informational. Having information on whose genes have been altered puts people at risk, primarily because it is a new and upcoming research. Data on people whose genes might have been altered could lack protection and their data could leak into the wrong hands. Data privacy is even more of a worry as it is stated in the article. “The document joins a wealth of reports compiled in recent years that have argued against using gene editing in the clinic until researchers are able to address safety worries.”