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Privacy Advocates Urge 23andMe Customers to Delete Their Data. But Can They?
"Some prominent privacy advocates are encouraging customers to pull their data" from 23andMe, reports SFGate. But can you actually do that? 23andMe makes it easy to feel like you've protected your genetic footprint. In their account settings, customers can download versions of their data to a comp...
The company cites "legal obligations," including federal laboratory regulations and California lab rules. When SFGATE asked 23andMe vice president of communications Katie Watson about the retention mandates, she said 23andMe does delete the genetic data after the three-year period, where applicable... Before it's finally deleted, the data remains 23andMe property and is held under the same rules as the company's privacy policy, Watson added.
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