23andMe…and everybody on the internet. When genetic data is for sale.

23andMe…and everybody on the internet. When genetic data is for sale.

23andMe’s debacle should be a major wake-up call, reminding policymakers and all of us of the risks of giving access to our genetic and other health data.

Attorney General Bird Warns Iowans to Protect their 23andMe Data as Company Goes Bankrupt

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird warns Iowans who have used 23andMe, a genetic testing company that tracks ancestry, to protect their data as the company faces bankruptcy.The company announced that it will sell “substantially all of its assets,” which may include its collection of genetic data. That means 23andMe could sell or transfer Iowans’ genetic information to a third-party without their consent.“As 23AndMe goes bankrupt, Iowans should kn…

23andMe probe launched to prevent customer DNA data from being sold to China or other bad actors

Exclusive: As genetic testing company 23andMe seeks to sell the consumer data of millions of Americans as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, Senate HELP Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy is opening up a probe into the company to ensure that users’ medical data and DNA do not fall into the wrong hands.In a pair of letters obtained by FOX Business, Cassidy, R-La., raised concerns with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and 23andMe executives over the…

Anne Wojcicki: the 'daring' 23andMe CEO who reached too far

Anne Wojcicki dreamed of a revolution in personal genomics and medicine. She set up 23andMe in 2006. Its collapse into bankruptcy provides a cautionary tale

Your 23andMe genetic data could be bought by China, senator warns

Senator Cassidy, the chair of the US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee has expressed concerns about foreign adversaries, including the Chinese Communist Party, acquiring the sensitive genetic data o…

Senator warns China could obtain Americans’ genetic data through 23andMe sale

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Tuesday sent Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent a letter raising alarms about the possibility that genetic data belonging to more than 15 million 23andMe customers could end up in the hands of China and other foreign adversaries when the company is sold.