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How to delete your 23andMe data amid the company's turmoil
DNA analysis company 23andme has been in trouble lately: data was breached in a 2023 hack, and this September the entire board of directors resigned over disagreements with the CEO. That CEO, Anne Wojcicki, had said she was open to third-party takeover proposals; she only reversed that decision this week. The company is not currently for sale, but nothing about this is looking good—and it’s not clear what would happen to customer data if the company goes under.
DNA analysis company 23andme has been in trouble lately: data was breached in a 2023 hack, and this September the entire board of directors resigned over disagreements with the CEO. For example, 23andme has a data licensing agreement with GSK(formerly GlaxoSmithKline) to use the 23andme database to “conduct drug target discovery and other research.” In theory this is where you can download your data, but I can’t test this—I have a 23andme account, but I must have given the company a fake date of birth all those years ago.
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