We decided early on that the best way to secure your information would be to build our own federal and state CLIA licensed laboratory (Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments). And that's just what we did. Once we receive your saliva sample in our lab, your DNA never leaves the building, and when we are finished analyzing your DNA we destroy your sample in a manner that maintains your privacy. As a matter of fact, we place it in our proprietary DNA Lockbox^™ for safekeeping. No other DNA testing firm offers this level of security. Others send your DNA elsewhere for testing, even to locations overseas!