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Genetic analysis company 23andMe (ME) announced this week it's declaring bankruptcy and pursuing a sale, leading many customers to pursue deleting their data from the company. 23andMe was founded in ...

A bankruptcy filing by genetic testing and biotechnology company 23andMe and talks of a possible sale are shining a spotlight on what could happen to customers' personal data. On March 23, 23andMe ...

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23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday. The company says no changes will be made to how it stores, manages or protects customer data up until the sale of its assets is finalized. 23andMe ...

The bankruptcy filing by 23andMe — the company behind the first at-home DNA ancestry kit — has prompted a scramble for answers regarding the fate of users' most personal information and whether they ...

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NEW YORK (CNN) — Many 23andMe customers signed up to the genetic testing service in hopes of learning fun or interesting information about their past. But consumer advocates are now urging those users ...

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DENVER — With news of the impending bankruptcy proceedings for the genetic data ancestry website 23andMe, some data privacy experts have urged current users to delete their data from the website.