California’s AG issues alert for 23andMe customers

[1srelluc]

https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/california/california-23andme-genetic-data/

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a consumer alert Friday to customers of 23andMe, a genetic testing and information company.

The company recently moved its headquarters from Sunnyvale to South San Francisco.

23andMe “has publicly reported that it is in financial distress and stated in securities filings that there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue, which is a growing concern. Due to the trove of sensitive consumer data 23andMe has amassed, Attorney General Bonta reminds Californians of their right to direct the deletion of their genetic data,” the AG’s office wrote.


The Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) and California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) protect Californians. Customers who want to invoke these rights can do so by going to 23andMe’s website.

Bonta said, “Given 23andMe’s reported financial distress, I remind Californians to consider invoking their rights and directing 23andMe to delete their data and destroy any samples of genetic material held by the company.”

Turmoil for 23andMe included a high-profile data breach, several rounds of previous layoffs and piling losses that plunged the company’s stock over recent years. The company struggled to find a profitable business model with most buyers of its saliva-based testing kits only needing to purchase once.


In November 2024, 23andMe eliminated 40% of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, and discontinued its therapeutics division in an attempt to slash costs.

I never understood the desire to register your DNA with the globalists.

It’s wild everyone was worried about the government taking your DNA and storing it illegally.

Turns out most people will pay to give it away to a company. Incredible.

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[odanny]

DNA testing is hugely beneficial when searching for health issues, I learned of two genetic "abnormalities" through another company (MyDNA.com) and one of them had already been confirmed thru routine blood work (doctors told me a cholesterol issue was "likely inherited" and they were right) and the other issue I had no idea, and I really wish I knew this sooner.

 

[JGalt]

General Ripper was right!!!

 

[1srelluc]

One of my kids paid to have one done on my wife....About all that was discovered is she's about the whitest woman ever born.

 

[Mack The Finger]

I never understood the desire to register your DNA with the globalists.

It’s wild everyone was worried about the government taking your DNA and storing it illegally.

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My mom was adopted...she found her brothers whlile late in her 70's.

I don't care what bizz / people / the GOV knows about me...I just worry about paying my bills and keepiong the wolf from my door.

 

[JohnDB]

What I find fascinating are all the stories and secrets families have hid for decades coming to light. Like full sisters discovering their little brother is only a half brother....MOM!
OR
You're dating this cute girl while going to college on the other side of the nation....only to discover that she is your half sibling or cousin.

Or one day while just puttering around the house a young man knocks on your door and introduces himself as an unknown child an ancient past girlfriend had raised or given away for adoption.

These are the things that have been going on from DNA testing.

 

[1srelluc]

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My mom was adopted...she found her brothers whlile late in her 70's.

I don't care what bizz / people / the GOV knows about me...I just worry about paying my bills and keeping the wolf from my door.

That "wolf" comes in the form of ever-increasing taxes and regulation under dem rule.