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Millions of people’s DNA up for sale as 23andMe goes bankrupt (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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The company, which has tested more than 15m people’s genetic makeup using post-in saliva kits, including more than 250,000 in the UK, announced that it had entered US bankruptcy protection in an attempt to sell the company.

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[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 5 points 4 months ago

The company said: “Any buyer will be required to comply with applicable law with respect to the treatment of customer data.”

And let's hold them to that. There's no way a release of someone's DNA isn't a violation of the GDPR, the CCPA, or something similar. And I'd expect it'd also be protected under various health regulation related laws too.