23 and Me has gone bankrupt

[apathy]

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339695/how-delete-23andme-data-bankruptcy

The genetic testing company 23andMe, best known for allowing people to trace their ancestry with an at-home kit, has been struggling financially for months.

So when the California biotech firm announced in a statement this week that it had entered the federal bankruptcy process with the goal of finding a buyer, one question was raised for the more than 15 million users of the service: What's going to happen to my data?

What should I do? Should I delete my account?

[davidb11]

I mean, logicaly, they don't have any actual information on your DNA, or a profile.
It's just not how it works.

They would use it for the testing, and then most certainly destroy it.

PEople who send in their DNA aren't exactly the ones who care about people having their DNA, because otherwise they wouldn't be sending it in in the first place.

THere's also probably a ton of legal safeguards.

I trust everything else over people on this forum, and I mean that with the most respect possible.

But unless someone here is a Lawyer specifically specialized in this type of thing, they don't have any real weight on the subject.

It's just spit-balling as the expression goes.

I just don't see why people are running around and panicking over this.
No one is going to use it against anyone.
Period.

IT just doesn't work that way, even if the data is retained.
It's not going to be sold to the highest bidder.
And the DNA information would literally be the exact same as you get in the kid when it comes back to you.

[ArmyHound]

Now who is going to own all of that dna?

[nohuman]

Nguyên văn bởi ArmyHound:

Now who is going to own all of that dna?

The highest bidder, as usual.

[davidb11]

Nguyên văn bởi ArmyHound:

Now who is going to own all of that dna?

No one.
That's the point.
None of it is ownable.

[Rio]

live long enough, and your computer mouse might start real time analyzing your dna to make sure, you are you. Every time you touch it.

The future of every item being bio-coded so theres no second hand market.

[ArmyHound]

Nguyên văn bởi EnÐῼΐῡꝱïḉïụṀ:

Nguyên văn bởi ArmyHound:

Now who is going to own all of that dna?

The highest bidder, as usual.

Exactly. Who will that be, very likely a Chinese corporation/government entity.

[Stingray_tm]

Nguyên văn bởi davidb11:

THere is no evidence that these don't work, and the DNA information you get is not being contained in some Big BRother 1984 database.

When did this forum become so paranoid?

I find your lack of imagination... disturbing.

I would never give any medical information to a private company unless it was absolutely necessary. Especially not in a world, where insurance companies have rejected coverage for less things than a genetic disposition for a disease... Considering the course the US is headed for, I would not be surprised at all, if the Repubicans made it possible for insurance companies to use bought medical data for insurance status assessment.

A lot of people use this services, to prove to themselves, that they are nordic or some other racist ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. I have no sympathy for them being ♥♥♥♥♥♥ for being stupid like that.

[Sidakte]

Nguyên văn bởi davidb11:

Nguyên văn bởi ArmyHound:

Now who is going to own all of that dna?

No one.
That's the point.
None of it is ownable.

i really, ultra really hope you are right.
for the sake of the conversation always i will post this as it was posted yesterday by Uncle Sam in "Last thing you watched in Youtube" thread
https://youtu.be/pjLya7MnvAQ?si=Ct4vhOutgY3xd_dT

it has sparked convos in other forums i observe as well, people are voicing concerns.
i do not make this post to reduce your arguments, the exact opposite. but personally i would never blindly trust any private company. any private company whatsoever. i am really hopeful that you will be right and that all the fears about the data will be proven wrong.

[Grendalcat]

Someone will end up with that data. Maybe multiple someones.

It will never be destroyed, too valuable.

[davidb11]

Nguyên văn bởi Stingray_tm:

Nguyên văn bởi davidb11:

THere is no evidence that these don't work, and the DNA information you get is not being contained in some Big BRother 1984 database.

When did this forum become so paranoid?

I find your lack of imagination... disturbing.

I would never give any medical information to a private company unless it was absolutely necessary. Especially not in a world, where insurance companies have rejected coverage for less things than a genetic disposition for a disease... Considering the course the US is headed for, I would not be surprised at all, if the Repubicans made it possible for insurance companies to use bought medical data for insurance status assessment.

A lot of people use this services, to prove to themselves, that they are nordic or some other racist ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. I have no sympathy for them being ♥♥♥♥♥♥ for being stupid like that.

You are extremely confused about all of this, to complete and total absurdity.
Like, huh?!?

Literally nothing like you say is happening in relation to this issue.

The Data clearly wouldn't even be allowed to be stored beyond the bare minimum needed for it. I.E once it is used for the testing, it is almost certainly destroyed.
Also, literally no racist does what you claim. WTF?!

Look, there exists no valid reason to panic and run around in circles over this.

It is simply how a DNA testing company works.
Absolutely no one can claim they'd be keeping the data and be able to use it for anything.

The Government isn't going to reverse it's ruling on all of the laws, and that would be the only way to use the data.

I mean, it's a huge amount of nightmares involved for any company, and every insurance company on the planet Earth would go bankrupt instantly if they did try to steal the data, let alone the lawsuits filed for storing the data beyond the limited amount of time it would be allowed to have.

Plus, you'd have at a minimum an army of lawyers annihilating everyone from every company involved.
It's a giant cluster as the military says. :P

[davidb11]

Nguyên văn bởi Grendalcat:

Someone will end up with that data. Maybe multiple someones.

It will never be destroyed, too valuable.

Except the data literally cannot be kept past the point of it being used for the test.
Literally wouldn't even be allowed to be kept after that point.

Like, the most they could even retain is, "THis is the name of the person."
Which is bad, but not as bad as DNA.

Also, no company wants the legal nightmare of possessing that information.
We're talking about something that would bankrupt Disney in a milisecond for example.
Because even they don't have the lawyers needed. :P
THey don't even have close to enough lawyers.
They wish they had enough lawyers.
THey physically could not own that many lawyers.

[Spencer]

The people crying about Oligarchy didn't notice these democrats control everything to the point where one sister controlled youtube while the other stole your genetic data.

[Swarmfly]

If the consumers are going to brunt the cost of the fiasco for the rest of their lives, they might as well get compensated for their troubles.

[Acetyl]

Nguyên văn bởi davidb11:

Nguyên văn bởi Grendalcat:

Someone will end up with that data. Maybe multiple someones.

It will never be destroyed, too valuable.

Except the data literally cannot be kept past the point of it being used for the test.
Literally wouldn't even be allowed to be kept after that point.

Like, the most they could even retain is, "THis is the name of the person."
Which is bad, but not as bad as DNA.

Also, no company wants the legal nightmare of possessing that information.
We're talking about something that would bankrupt Disney in a milisecond for example.
Because even they don't have the lawyers needed. :P
THey don't even have close to enough lawyers.
They wish they had enough lawyers.
THey physically could not own that many lawyers.

Prove it. Everything you just stated is circumstantial or (near) baseless speculation.

[Fuki]

Nguyên văn bởi Spencer:

The people crying about Oligarchy didn't notice these democrats control everything to the point where one sister controlled youtube while the other stole your genetic data.

Oh jesus ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ christ.