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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 7 days ago

DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in 23andMe Bankruptcy

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DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in 23andMe Bankruptcy

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 7 days ago

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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.

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What about those of us who are related to the people who took the test, and never consented to the t&c? They have our data, too.
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  Blame the person you are related to. Duh.

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