23andMe’s weekend bankruptcy filing has ignited concerns among consumers who provided the company with their genetic information and reignited discussions on data privacy among policymakers and ...
Lesley Fair, senior attorney of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, laid out four steps consumers interested in purchasing at-home genetic test kits should take to ...
23andMe’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing has sparked significant concerns over the privacy and security of genetic data belonging to its 15 million customers. Founded in 2006, 23andMe built its ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Popular genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and is for sale. With a database of detailed DNA analyses on 15 million consumers, privacy experts are sounding ...
THEIR OWN COUNTRIES MAY NOT TAKE THEM BACK. WELL, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO BASED DNA TESTING COMPANY 23 ANDME HAS NOW FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. THIS IS RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE DATA PRIVACY OF ITS 15 MILLION ...
As 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 ...
The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly investigating various direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies, including market giants 23andMe and Ancestry.com, over concerns related to data sharing ...
The bankruptcy of direct-to-consumer genetic testing firm 23andMe—named as “Invention of the Year” in 2008 by Time magazine—is a cautionary tale, says Boston College Law Assistant Professor Shelly ...