DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy, CEO resigns
23andMe on Sunday filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. after struggling with the fallout of a data breach and weak demand for its ancestry testing kits that featured in Oprah…
What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses?
A paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for regulations to protect customers’ personal and genetic data in light of biotech company 23andMe’s uncertain future. The genetic…
What happens to your genetic data if 23andMe is sold?
According to the 23andMe’s privacy policy, if the company is involved in a “bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, your Personal Information may be accessed, sold or transferred…
23andMe to pay US$30 million in data breach settlement
23andMe will pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 million…
Canada & UK Partner in Joint 23andMe Data Breach Investigation
Authorities in Canada and the UK have launched a joint investigation into a 23andMe data breach that occurred last October. That’s when a threat actor posted on the Dark Web…