23andMe stated Tuesday it actually experienced delays after a huge influx of customers sought to get their data deleted prior to its sale. Offers for this data will be due on May 7th. A final hearing on the matter will take place in June. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The bankruptcy of 23andMe Holding Co. has thrust the issue of data privacy firmly into the spotlight as the DNA testing company looks to sell its most valuable asset: a vast trove of customers’ genetic data.

The genetic testing firm won permission from a judge to try to sell information about customers’ medical and ancestry-related data, a trove that is considered the most valuable asset in the

Mounting concerns about genetic data privacy in the wake of 23andMe’s dramatic collapse are stress-testing California’s uniquely tough privacy laws, demonstrating the real-world challenges of actually implementing the protections outlined on paper.

Concerns over data privacy have surged in the wake of 23andMe's recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing this week.

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With a database of detailed DNA analyses on 15 million consumers, privacy experts are sounding the alarm about what could happen to this sensitive data.

California authorities put out a consumer alert saying residents had the right to delete their genetic data stored by the company 23andMe, which has filed for bankruptcy. Does that only apply in California ?