03-25-2025, 02:30 PM
I'm copying & pasting the full story from this page, so you will READ it. (most will just ignore me, as usual. lol !)
23andMe is filing for bankruptcy. Here's what it means for your genetic data
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/nx-s1-533...ta-privacy (read this & Google for other sources)
My friends & associates use this site, along with "Ancestry.com", "MyHeritage DNA", "FamilyTreeDNA", "GEDmatch", and "Living DNA" , to solve adoptions & help law enforcement solve old unsolved murders. "23andMe" is one of the most important sites in this group along with Ancestry, for doing this. We work together building Family Trees, looking for a match to the one person they need to talk to & may be the one they are looking for. Its a very long story & most would not understand if I sat here all day "Splain' it to Lucy" My friends have solved 1,000's of cases & I do mean 1,000's.
This database of "23andMe" is one of the most important databases there is, without it, we would be basically lost & so would law enforcement. They used it to solve a lot of old murders, like the "Golden State Killer" or also known as the "East Area Rapist" in Sacramento, CA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo
Someone needs to SAVE this from disappearing. I have no thoughts on how it can be done, but it needs to happen.
The text from the site about "23andMe" & what is said on it, so you don't have to hit the link & read it, I'm posting it here.
(copied from the link above, saving you time looking for it.)
The genetic testing company 23andMe — which allows users to spit in a tube and send away the sample for a detailed DNA analysis — is filing for bankruptcy.
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 to address its ongoing money troubles. Co-founder Anne Wojcicki also has stepped down as CEO, and said in a post on X she hopes to purchase the company herself. The board rejected an offer she made earlier this month, according to a press release.
23andMe has faced financial hardship for years, struggling to overcome the fact that many people who went to the website for a one-time DNA test didn't become repeat customers. In November, the company laid off more than 200 employees, or roughly 40% of its staff.
Chenedy Wiles, 27, poses for a portrait at her home on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 in Chicago, Ill. Wiles took a 23andMe test over the summer and got her results in September. While she finds the data breach concerning, “so much of our data is already out there,” she said.
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The bankruptcy announcement also comes less than two years after 23andMe "suffered a massive data breach" affecting 6.9 million customer accounts. **(names of people are useless, we need the DATA, the "DNA RECORDS" to go with them)**
The possibility that the company, once valued at $6 billion after it went public in 2021, could be sold has raised concerns about what would happen to the sensitive information of its more than 15 million users.
In its bankruptcy announcement, 23andMe said the data privacy of its customers would be an "important consideration" in any sale. But federal law does little to secure genetic information given over to a private company, two legal experts on data privacy said.
"Often, if there's so much personal data that a group has, it's maybe in a hospital setting or a research setting and can be governed by more meaningful safeguards," said Suzanne Bernstein, counsel at the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center.
"The scale of how much highly sensitive data 23andMe has is unique," she said.
Is your DNA data protected by law? It depends
For many 23andMe customers, the company holds two sensitive pieces of information: the user-provided saliva sample, and the detailed genetic profile created from it.
In an FAQ about the bankruptcy posted on its website, 23andMe said a new owner would have to abide by "applicable law" governing the use of user data, but data privacy experts say there isn't much on the books.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, applies to health care providers and insurers but not direct-to-consumers companies like 23andMe, according to Anya Prince, a University of Iowa law professor who studies health and genetic privacy. Another law called the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act bars employers and health insurance companies from discriminating against people due to genetic information.
"That's pretty much it on the federal level," Prince said.
Some states have adopted their own laws covering genetic privacy. At least 11 U.S. states have enacted laws giving consumers a say in how their genetic data is used, according to an article published by Prince in 2023. Those laws typically let users request that the companies delete their data and require law enforcement agencies to get a warrant or subpoena to access genetic information, Prince said. 23andMe already adheres to both of those policies, she added.
23andMe also says any genetic data it shares with researchers is stripped of identifying information, such as names and birth dates. In its bankruptcy FAQ, the company said it hopes to "secure a partner who shares in its commitment to customer data privacy."
How to protect your data, according to experts
23andMe will remain in operation through the bankruptcy proceedings, and the company says customers can still delete their data and shutter their accounts.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a consumer alert last week that residents should "consider invoking their rights and directing 23andMe to delete their data and destroy any samples of genetic material" the company has.
Bernstein of the Electronic Privacy Information Center said any concerned 23andMe customers should delete their data, request that their saliva sample be destroyed and revoke any permissions they may have given to use their genetic information for research.
One person on there says this, at the side of the page: "23andMe is on the brink. What happens to all its DNA data?" & I am having the same thought. Without this database, those of us who do this FREE on a daily basis, to help other people solve a mystery in their lives, will not be able to do it. This is one of the best sites there is for DNA. Ancestry will not allow law enforcement to use their DNA database to find murders, WHY ? I don't know. It figures, seeing as they are connected to the Mormons, but are not the Mormon churches site, FamilySearch.com is the Mormon Churches site. Ancestry took their records from the Mormon's collection, that they have been building since the late 1800's & stored in a cave in Utah. lol !!
Me, I'm just looking to inform YOU about this. Those with enough brains to bother reading it. Not that I expect you to be able to do anything about it. This site means a lot, to a lot of people & its a shame to see it disappear from the internet. As with all good things on the internet, especially the free shit, they come to an end. Everything these days is about MONEY.
The FBI has their own database of DNA, but, it only collects & saves DNA from Criminals, which does not help, when the person they are looking for, has never been convicted of a felony, like Trump was. lol !
Trump is helping to remove all the Government Records, that were once available to anyone who wanted to look them up. He wants to re-write history, to meet his own needs. Erasing all traces to his terrorist act, of January 6th & the attack on Congress & his trying to overturn the Election in Georgia & other states. We will never forget & I've saved those records for when the time comes that he is out of office & has croaked. My kids & friends will also have copies.
23andMe is filing for bankruptcy. Here's what it means for your genetic data
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/nx-s1-533...ta-privacy (read this & Google for other sources)
My friends & associates use this site, along with "Ancestry.com", "MyHeritage DNA", "FamilyTreeDNA", "GEDmatch", and "Living DNA" , to solve adoptions & help law enforcement solve old unsolved murders. "23andMe" is one of the most important sites in this group along with Ancestry, for doing this. We work together building Family Trees, looking for a match to the one person they need to talk to & may be the one they are looking for. Its a very long story & most would not understand if I sat here all day "Splain' it to Lucy" My friends have solved 1,000's of cases & I do mean 1,000's.
This database of "23andMe" is one of the most important databases there is, without it, we would be basically lost & so would law enforcement. They used it to solve a lot of old murders, like the "Golden State Killer" or also known as the "East Area Rapist" in Sacramento, CA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo
Someone needs to SAVE this from disappearing. I have no thoughts on how it can be done, but it needs to happen.
The text from the site about "23andMe" & what is said on it, so you don't have to hit the link & read it, I'm posting it here.
(copied from the link above, saving you time looking for it.)
The genetic testing company 23andMe — which allows users to spit in a tube and send away the sample for a detailed DNA analysis — is filing for bankruptcy.
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 to address its ongoing money troubles. Co-founder Anne Wojcicki also has stepped down as CEO, and said in a post on X she hopes to purchase the company herself. The board rejected an offer she made earlier this month, according to a press release.
23andMe has faced financial hardship for years, struggling to overcome the fact that many people who went to the website for a one-time DNA test didn't become repeat customers. In November, the company laid off more than 200 employees, or roughly 40% of its staff.
Chenedy Wiles, 27, poses for a portrait at her home on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 in Chicago, Ill. Wiles took a 23andMe test over the summer and got her results in September. While she finds the data breach concerning, “so much of our data is already out there,” she said.
Business
The bankruptcy announcement also comes less than two years after 23andMe "suffered a massive data breach" affecting 6.9 million customer accounts. **(names of people are useless, we need the DATA, the "DNA RECORDS" to go with them)**
The possibility that the company, once valued at $6 billion after it went public in 2021, could be sold has raised concerns about what would happen to the sensitive information of its more than 15 million users.
In its bankruptcy announcement, 23andMe said the data privacy of its customers would be an "important consideration" in any sale. But federal law does little to secure genetic information given over to a private company, two legal experts on data privacy said.
"Often, if there's so much personal data that a group has, it's maybe in a hospital setting or a research setting and can be governed by more meaningful safeguards," said Suzanne Bernstein, counsel at the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center.
"The scale of how much highly sensitive data 23andMe has is unique," she said.
Is your DNA data protected by law? It depends
For many 23andMe customers, the company holds two sensitive pieces of information: the user-provided saliva sample, and the detailed genetic profile created from it.
In an FAQ about the bankruptcy posted on its website, 23andMe said a new owner would have to abide by "applicable law" governing the use of user data, but data privacy experts say there isn't much on the books.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, applies to health care providers and insurers but not direct-to-consumers companies like 23andMe, according to Anya Prince, a University of Iowa law professor who studies health and genetic privacy. Another law called the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act bars employers and health insurance companies from discriminating against people due to genetic information.
"That's pretty much it on the federal level," Prince said.
Some states have adopted their own laws covering genetic privacy. At least 11 U.S. states have enacted laws giving consumers a say in how their genetic data is used, according to an article published by Prince in 2023. Those laws typically let users request that the companies delete their data and require law enforcement agencies to get a warrant or subpoena to access genetic information, Prince said. 23andMe already adheres to both of those policies, she added.
23andMe also says any genetic data it shares with researchers is stripped of identifying information, such as names and birth dates. In its bankruptcy FAQ, the company said it hopes to "secure a partner who shares in its commitment to customer data privacy."
How to protect your data, according to experts
23andMe will remain in operation through the bankruptcy proceedings, and the company says customers can still delete their data and shutter their accounts.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a consumer alert last week that residents should "consider invoking their rights and directing 23andMe to delete their data and destroy any samples of genetic material" the company has.
Bernstein of the Electronic Privacy Information Center said any concerned 23andMe customers should delete their data, request that their saliva sample be destroyed and revoke any permissions they may have given to use their genetic information for research.
One person on there says this, at the side of the page: "23andMe is on the brink. What happens to all its DNA data?" & I am having the same thought. Without this database, those of us who do this FREE on a daily basis, to help other people solve a mystery in their lives, will not be able to do it. This is one of the best sites there is for DNA. Ancestry will not allow law enforcement to use their DNA database to find murders, WHY ? I don't know. It figures, seeing as they are connected to the Mormons, but are not the Mormon churches site, FamilySearch.com is the Mormon Churches site. Ancestry took their records from the Mormon's collection, that they have been building since the late 1800's & stored in a cave in Utah. lol !!
Me, I'm just looking to inform YOU about this. Those with enough brains to bother reading it. Not that I expect you to be able to do anything about it. This site means a lot, to a lot of people & its a shame to see it disappear from the internet. As with all good things on the internet, especially the free shit, they come to an end. Everything these days is about MONEY.
The FBI has their own database of DNA, but, it only collects & saves DNA from Criminals, which does not help, when the person they are looking for, has never been convicted of a felony, like Trump was. lol !
Trump is helping to remove all the Government Records, that were once available to anyone who wanted to look them up. He wants to re-write history, to meet his own needs. Erasing all traces to his terrorist act, of January 6th & the attack on Congress & his trying to overturn the Election in Georgia & other states. We will never forget & I've saved those records for when the time comes that he is out of office & has croaked. My kids & friends will also have copies.