California has some of the strongest privacy laws in the country — and the only dedicated privacy agency — but 23andMe has ...

Unlike in states with weaker laws, the company is legally required in California to safeguard genetic privacy and delete ...

The California Attorney General is urging 23andMe users to ask the company to delete their data and destroy any samples of ...

A company spokesperson told HuffPost that 23andMe isn't changing the way it stores, manages or protects customer data.

The South San Francisco-based company has publicly reported it is in “financial distress” and stated in recent securities ...

Would you trust a company with your most personal data — your DNA — if it was on the brink of collapse? Millions of 23andMe ...

If you were a 23andMe customer, your genetic and personal information could be used in civil or criminal cases, targeted ...

“California has robust privacy laws that allow consumers to take control and request that a company delete their genetic data,” Bonta said in a statement Friday. “Given 23andMe’s ...

South San Francisco, California-based 23andMe launched in 2006 and raised more than $200 million from investors over the subsequent decade or so. In 2021, it went public through a special-purpose ...

Just months after it started trading on the Nasdaq in June 2021, the company was valued as high as $5.8 billion. As of Friday ...

Genetic testing company 23andMe’s bankruptcy has led to a new consumer privacy issue: what happens to the DNA of millions of ...

23andMe plans to sell substantially all of its assets through a court-supervised process. California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a consumer alert, reminding customers of their right to ...