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Carole J. Ryczek, a lawyer with the US Trustee’s office, which acts as a public watchdog in bankruptcy court, told Walsh that a privacy ombudsman is necessary to oversee the sale of customers’ private...
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Since its founding in 2006, 23andMe ME has racked up more than 15 million customers.
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we also discuss 23andMe's bankruptcy and the privacy concerns around selling off customer DNA data.

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23andMe Has Filed for Bankruptcy: 'Get Your Data out of There'
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‘People should be worried’: 23andMe bankruptcy could expose customers’ genetic data
The direct-to-consumer DNA testing service 23andMe filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, putting millions of customers' genetic information up for sale.
Bankrupt 23andMe’s DNA data gets sale nod as concerns linger
The genetic testing firm won permission from a judge to try to sell information about customers’ medical and ancestry-related data, a trove that is considered the most valuable asset in the
23andMe wants to sell its most valuable asset. Will your private DNA data be safe?
The bankruptcy of 23andMe Holding Co. has thrust the issue of data privacy firmly into the spotlight as the DNA testing company looks to sell its most valuable asset: a vast trove of customers’ genetic data.
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Maryland attorney general urges 23andMe customers to delete their accounts
Maryland’s attorney general on Wednesday urged consumers to delete their 23andMe accounts as the genetic testing company begins bankruptcy proceedings.
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Here's how to delete your personal data and genetic sample from 23andMe
Privacy experts are urging consumers to protect their 23andMe data now that it has declared bankruptcy. Here's how to delete yours.
23andMe money woes could expose killers who escaped justice: expert
The bankruptcy filing of 23andMe has sparked the potential for a sale that could be used to solve cold cases with the use of genetic testing.
23andMe users struggle to delete their highly sensitive data
The computer systems of 23andMe have been struggling to cope with the sheer volume of customers racing to delete their data, after the DNA-testing company announced that it was filing for bankruptcy protection. The firm says it has now resolved the IT problems caused by increased traffic on its website at the start of the week.
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23andMe bankruptcy sparks privacy concerns; Sen. Sanders urges deletion of genetic data
State Sen. James Sanders, is urging all 23andMe customers to delete their genetic data following the company’s bankruptcy filing
Anne Wojcicki, the floundering 23andMe’s eternal optimist
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23andMe collapse raises questions for California’s nation-leading privacy laws
California has some of the strongest privacy laws in the country — and the only dedicated privacy agency — but 23andMe has revealed the limits of legislation when the worst happens, with even the state attorney general admitting he struggled to delete his own data from the company.
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Me cofounder Linda Avey is mourning what the biotech company could have become. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday.
House Republican warns 23andMe and Trump administration to keep genetic data out of hands of ‘bad actors’
Rep. Stephanie Bice is sending letters to the Trump administration and 23andme to raise alarm bells about the security risks selling the information poses.
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