23andMe is going through bankruptcy, and as a part of the process, it will be selling off DNA data of its customers.
Even if a company promises to be good with your personal data, in bankruptcy, you are f%$#ed.
Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia have sued the genetic-testing company 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent.
The suit, filed on Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, argues that 23andMe needs to have permission from each and every customer before their data is potentially sold. The company had entered an agreement to sell itself and its assets in bankruptcy court.
The information for sale “comprises an unprecedented compilation of highly sensitive and immutable personal data of consumers,” according to the lawsuit.
“This isn’t just data — it’s your DNA. It’s personal, permanent and deeply private,” Dan Rayfield, the Oregon attorney general, said in a statement. “People did not submit their personal data to 23andMe thinking their genetic blueprint would later be sold off to the highest bidder.”
We don't need to just fix federal privacy laws, we need to fix federal corporate bankruptcy laws as well.
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And that's why I refused to have a DNA analysis when everyone else in my family was getting one.
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