How can you delete your 23rdme data after applying for bankruptcy: NPR

The known genetic test company 23Andme has been fighting financially for months for allowing people to watch their lineage at home.

So, California biotechnology firm This week description In order to find a buyer, he entered the Federal Bankruptcy process, a question was asked for more than 15 million users of the service: What will happen to my data?

The company insists on protecting customers’ knowledge. But if you want to completely disable, California Chief Public Prosecutor Rob Bonda This 8 -stage guide released To delete your genetic data from 23and:

1. Login to your 23rdme account on websites.
2. Go to the “Settings” section of your profile.
3. Go to a section labeled “23and Data” at the bottom of the page.
4. “View Data” next to “23and Data”
5. Download your data: If you want a copy of your genetic data for personal storage, select the option to download to your device before continuing.
6. Go to the “Delete Data” section.
7. Click “Delete data permanently”.
8. Confirm your request: You will receive an e -mail from 23andme; Follow the connection in E -Post to confirm your deletion request.

Bonda also provided this advice to destroy your test sample and cancel the permission for genetic data to be used for research.:

• If you have chosen to store your saliva sample and DNA by 23andme before, but if you want to change this preference, you can do this from your account settings under “Preferences”.
• If you have previously approved 23Andme and third -party researchers to use your genetic data and sample for research, you can withdraw from the account settings page in accordance with “Research and Product Rizing”.

Inside This week is an open letter to customers23Andme, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Application “Customer data does not change in our way of storing, managing or protecting … 23andme receiver will have to comply with the valid laws on the treatment of customer data.”

He also tried to make sure that access to customers’ accounts and data did not change.

In the case of protection around the data, some states adopted laws of genetic confidentiality. At least 11 US states enacted laws to consumers about how genetic data were used. Published by Anya Prince in 2023A Professor of Law at Iowa University who examines health and genetic confidentiality.

These laws often allow users to require users to delete companies data and to receive an order or court subpoena to access genetic information.

23Andme also says that the genetic data he shares with researchers is from defining information such as names and birth dates. In the bankruptcy FAQ, the company said that he hoped to “secure a partner who shares his commitment to customer data privacy.”

Joe Hernandez contributed to this report.