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How 23andMe users can protect their data

23andMe, a genetic testing company, filed for bankruptcy after a significant data breach in 2023.
A major data breach exposing data from nearly 7 million accounts and weak demand led to the filing.
The company's financial struggles include a $30 million settlement for failing to protect customer data after the breach.
Experts like Suzanne Bernstein warn customers now face little data protection; David Choffnes stated, "At a fundamental biological level, this is you and only you".
Concerns about data privacy prompt attorneys general and experts to advise users to delete their data, as 23andMe seeks a sale of its assets.

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Iowa AG warns 23andMe users to safeguard DNA as company faces bankruptcy

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued a warning today to residents who have used the genetic testing service 23andMe, urging them to take immediate steps to

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Iowa AG warns your genetic data could be at risk

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCAU) -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has issued a warning that your genetic data may soon be at risk if you ever used 23andMe. The company recently filed for bankruptcy, announcing that a large number of its assets will be sold off, according to the release from Bird's office. These sales mean that some companies could purchase or receive data that was collected by 23andMe. “As 23AndMe goes bankrupt, Iowans should know ho…

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How 23andMe users can protect their data

ST. LOUIS – Aaron Rose’s interest in the 23andMe bankruptcy is personal. “I’m a 23andMe customer,” he said. It’s also professional. Rose is also a data security and privacy expert with Check Point Software Technologies. “Can that genetic data be sold off to a third party? And how do we ensure, you know, that they are going to abide by the original privacy policy set forth by 23andMe that all the consumers agreed to?” Rose said. “Unfortunately, r…

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23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem

For companies like 23andMe, consumers are as much the product as the DNA test kits. Veronika Oliinyk/iStock via Getty Images PlusAs soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, concerns about what would happen to the personal information contained in its massive genetic and health information database were swift and widespread. A few days after, a U.S. judge ruled that the company could sell its consumer da…

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