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Will telling 23andMe to delete personal data protect your genetic information? Not entirely

On March 23, 2025, genetic testing company 23andMe announced it filed for bankruptcy — sparking a firestorm of articles and online posts advising consumers to delete their personal data in order to ...
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23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data. The personal survey info is also a privacy problem.

Kayte Spector-Bagdady, is an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan. As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, ...
Consumer Reports

How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe, Ancestry, and Other Sites

For now, 23andMe’s CEO Anne Wojcicki has said ... Law enforcement officers have also used genetic data that’s been uploaded to a genetic database like GEDmatch—where people upload results from genetic ...
The Journal News

NY Attorney General urges New Yorkers to delete data off 23andMe website. Here's how

23andMe has announced it will file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and its CEO has stepped down What to know about 23andMe privacy policies, law enforcement and more There are other ways to explore ...
The Conversation

With 23andMe filing for bankruptcy, what happens to consumers’ genetic data?

Julia Creet receives funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada and previously from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. The ...
The Conversation

23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem

Kayte Spector-Bagdady receives funding from the National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences and the Greenwall Foundation. As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy ...