There is no way to know what a buyer will want to do with the reams of genetic information it has collected. Customers, meanwhile, still have no way to change their underlying genetic data.

No one could have predicted this. /s

  • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    61·
    2 months ago

    True, but there have zero incentive to honor such requests

    Pretty sure 23andMe is based in California, don’t Cali laws legally require them to delete the data when requested?

    • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 months ago

      Bold of you to assume they follow the law and will get in trouble for not.

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
      34·
      2 months ago

      And what exactly are the repercussions? They go bankrupt, shut down, and now there’s nobody to see any consequences.