General Delete Your Account!(23 and Me bankruptcy)

[Grav_Moped]

The genetic testing company 23 and Me is nearing bankruptcy, and the sensitive data contributed by customers could well be sold, without any privacy protections for those customers.

Anyone who's used their services should seriously consider deleting their information, requesting destruction of contributed DNA samples, then deleting their account entirely.

Here's the California Attorney General's annoucement on the issue, and how to delete your data:

Attorney General Bonta Urgently Issues Consumer Alert for 23andMe Customers

Californians have the right to direct the company to delete their genetic data OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert to customers of 23andMe, a genetic testing and information company. The California-based company has publicly reported that it is in...

oag.ca.gov

 

[Condottiere]

Anyone who's used identifying social media is already tagged.

Now, it's more of a question of merging databases.

 

[kilemall]

Anyone who's used identifying social media is already tagged.

Now, it's more of a question of merging databases.

DNA can be used for GATTACA type purposes, or even something as mundane as insurance rate/denial.

 

[Dragoner]

Send in the clones ...