Bankrupt 23andMe’s DNA Data Gets Sale Nod as Concerns Linger

Bankrupt genetic testing firm 23andMe Holding Co. won permission from a judge to try to sell information about customers’ medical and ancestry-related data, a trove that is considered the most valuable asset in the insolvency case — and has become a source of privacy and safety concerns amid the company’s collapse

#23andMe #DNA #bankruptcy #business #DNA #genetictesting #genetics #technology #tech

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bankrupt-23andme-dna-data-gets-223106622.html

We polluted the #environment until it polluted back. Now #microplastics are terminal to the #planet, and it’s altering our #DNA

How to delete your 23andMe data after the company filed for bankruptcy https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339695/how-delete-23andme-data-bankruptcy With bankruptcy, the data are “assets” that determine the “value” of the company. We should ask, “Why would someone want to own those assets?” (and do the previous owner's “privacy” assurances still apply after the sale?) #genetics #DNA #ancestry #data

#23andMe users struggle to delete their highly sensitive data

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddy8d63262o

23andMe users struggle to delete their highly sensitive data

23andMe's proposed May 14 auction of its assets could include the genetic data of its millions of customers

#23andMe #DNA #bankruptcy #business #AnneWojcicki #genetictesting #genetics #technology #tech

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddy8d63262o

"This week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it.

When the company first announced it was considering a sale, we highlighted many of the potential issues, including selling that data to companies with poor security practices or direct links to law enforcement. With this bankruptcy, the concerns we expressed last year remain the same. It is unclear what will happen with your genetic data if 23andMe finds a buyer, and that uncertainty is a clear indication that you should consider deleting your data. California attorney general Rob Bonta agrees."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/how-delete-your-23andme-data

I didn’t sign up to #23andMe, but I did to one of their competitors.

They didn’t advise any predispositions to illness—certainly none that I already knew to be common in my family—but it did remarkably pick up traits such as that I’m a morning person who dislikes pets, or foods containing coriander (cilantro) or chilli.

None of which are REMOTELY fucking true.

I can only imagine the legal hell that awaits insurers who rely on that service’s statistical models.

#DNA https://fediscience.org/@helenczerski/114234486421293619

#DNA #microscope creates 3D images of organisms from the inside out.

#transcriptomic_imaging

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-dna-microscope-3d-images.html

How to Delete Your #23andMe Data

This week, the #genetic testing company 23andMe filed for #bankruptcy , which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it.
#privacy #dna

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/how-delete-your-23andme-data

Adventures in the #genetic time machine
Ancient #DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past.
Could it also help rescue the future?
Thanks to a few well-funded labs like the one in Copenhagen, the #gene time machine has never been so busy. There are genetic maps of saber-toothed cats, cave bears, and thousands of ancient humans, including Vikings, Polynesian navigators, and numerous Neanderthals.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/17/1111596/ancient-dna-genes-evolutionary-genetics/

Wer hätte es ahnen können…

23andMe users struggle to delete their highly sensitive data

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddy8d63262o

Six months later, everyone else noticed the problem. It may be a little late now, but if you haven't, get your #DNA swab deleted at #23andMe. https://oaklandprivacy.org/23andme-meltdown/

"With 23andMe entering bankruptcy, here’s how to delete your genetic data"

#Genealogy #23andme #DNA #Bankruptcy #Genetics #USA #News #Finance #Economy #Privacy

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/business/money-report/with-23andme-entering-bankruptcy-heres-how-to-delete-your-genetic-data/6199820/

What happens to your DNA data now that 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy?
Struggling genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and its co-founder and CEO has resigned, leaving its millions of ancestry testing kit customers with questions about what happens to their data.
#DNA #bankruptcy #data #privacy #News #Business
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/23andme-data-security-1.7492589?cmp=rss

How to Delete Your Data From #23andMe

DNA-testing company 23andMe has filed for #bankruptcy , which means the future of the company’s vast trove of customer data is unknown. Here’s what that means for your #genetic data.
#privacy #dna

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-delete-your-data-from-23andme/

#DNA of 15 Million People For Sale In #23andMe #Bankruptcy - Slashdot

The filing shows how dangerous it is to provide your DNA directly to a large, for-profit commercial #genetic database; 23andMe is now looking for a buyer to pull it out of bankruptcy

> don’t know if it’s still possible. But if it is, now is the time to get your DNA sequence out of their database.
#privacy #genetics

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/24/2022232/dna-of-15-million-people-for-sale-in-23andme-bankruptcy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

The sentence "Das DNS-Analyse-Unternehmen 23andMe meldet Insolvenz an" didn't made me frown until I realized it was in German and s/DNS/DNA/ ;-)

#DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in #23andMe #Bankruptcy
There is no way to know what a buyer will want to do with the reams of genetic information it has collected. Customers, meanwhile, still have no way to change their underlying #genetic data.
On Friday, the Attorney General in 23andMe's home state of California issued a consumer alert advising customers to delete their data from the site given the company's "reported financial distress."
https://www.404media.co/dna-of-15-million-people-for-sale-in-23andme-bankruptcy/