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23andMe faces an uncertain future. Here's how to delete your DNA data.


Here's how to delete your data as company shake-up leaves customers wondering what will happen to their DNA info.

Now, after a data breach in late 2023 and a full board resignation, the company faces an uncertain future, and many customers believe the genetic information they once willingly handed over could be vulnerable. In a social media post on X earlier this month, Eva Galperin, director of cybersecurity at Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), suggested that 23andMe account holders take steps to delete data held by the company. New bill can force California to reveal who they're sharing your baby's DNA with04:47 An individual account holder can request a deletion of their genetic information under the terms of 23andMe's privacy policy.

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