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⚠️ Genetic privacy alert: 23andMe’s bankruptcy puts your DNA data at risk 🔬📉

With user data now part of potential asset sales, EFF is urging all customers to act now:

🧬 Download your data — store it securely for personal use
🗑️ Delete your account + data — this includes reports, raw data, and family tree connections
❌ Revoke research consent — and explicitly request sample destruction

Why it matters:
• DNA reveals more than identity — it exposes health, ancestry, and family connections
• The data doesn’t just belong to you — it can implicate relatives who never opted in
• A new owner might not respect your privacy

Take control now. Your genes deserve better security than a bankruptcy fire sale.

#Privacy #DNA #DataRights #CyberSecurity #23andMe #DigitalRisk #security #privacy #cloud #infosec

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/how-

Electronic Frontier Foundation · How to Delete Your 23andMe DataThis week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you don't want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it.

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

I’d argue that data is even more problematic. They’ve always guarded the phenotype data that customers provide tooth & nail, probably as that’s where they saw the profit. Eg you could always download your genetic data, but not your survey responses. theconversation.com/23andme-is

The Conversation23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problemIf you were a 23andMe customer, your genetic and personal information could be used in civil or criminal cases, targeted advertising, medical discrimination and so much more.

#Genetic data repo #OpenSNP to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize it
The reason, according to #bioinformatics researcher Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, one of the founders of the project, is the dissolution of genetic testing biz #23andMe and the potential weaponization of genetic data by #farright #authoritarian regimes.
theregister.com/2025/04/01/ope

The Register · Genetic data repo OpenSNP to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize itBy Thomas Claburn

A little late, but Week 13 of the #Privacy Roundup is here. I'm just going to blame it on this cold. :blobcatsneeze:

This edition features:

- #Signalgate #signal
- 23andMe's bankruptcy - what's it mean for user genetic data?
- A man banned for life from a venue... based on data collected about him
- Sandbox escapes for #Firefox and #Chrome exploited in the wild (updates available)

... and more!

#privacymatters #cybersecurity #infosec #23andme

avoidthehack.com/privacy-week1

We have decided to sunset openSNP at the end of April. While triggered by the sale of #23andme, @PhilippBayer @i_dabble & I had been thinking about this for a while.

Ultimately, we think that it's the most responsible act of data stewardship given the state of the world. I've written a retrospective of the last 14 years of the project:

tzovar.as/sunsetting-opensnp/

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Bastian Greshake TzovarasSunsetting openSNP - a personal retrospective
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