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There’s Never Been a Better Time to Delete Your 23andMe Data. Here’s How to Do It | The troubled startup has records of millions of Americans' DNA and personal information.
The troubled startup has records of millions of Americans' DNA and personal information.
However, MIT Technology Review reports that, while the company will technically erase your account, it plans to hang onto a chunk of the information associated with it. Roughly 80% of 23andMe customers consent to participate in our research program, which has generated more than 270 peer reviewed publications uncovering hundreds of new genetic insights into disease. However, later investigation revealed that, due to an internal data-sharing feature linked to those accounts, the real number of impacted people was probably something like 6.9 million.
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