The recent bankruptcy filing of 23andMe has stirred worries among privacy experts about potential genetic discrimination threats. Offering direct-to-consumer genetic testing, 23andMe gathers and processes DNA from over fifteen million customers to inform them of their ancestry and health. While the company asserts that the bankruptcy won't impact data management or protection, many are apprehensive due to a privacy policy allowing third-party data disclosure without stringent consent. High-profile security breaches, such as a recent hack affecting seven million users, further amplify these concerns about genetic data security and its implications.
23andMe's privacy policy allows data to be disclosed to third parties, regardless of whether the consent is signed. If we are involved in a bankruptcy your Personal Information may be accessed, sold or transferred as part of that transaction.
The genetic data stored by 23andMe contains essential features about people's biological makeup and family relationships, revealing thousands of genes and mutations inherent to their individual and ancestral identities.
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