Nemeski@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 5 days ago23andMe users may want to delete data as company faces financial troublewww.consumeraffairs.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down11
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minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 days agoIt’s not just a problem if you got a test done, your data is exposed if family members got tests too. So you might need to bug them too. But I don’t know if the company will actually delete the info if you ask them them too.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·5 days agoWhat incentive do they even have?
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·5 days agoTheoretically legal repercussions, but if they’ll be bankrupt, they don’t really care.
It’s not just a problem if you got a test done, your data is exposed if family members got tests too. So you might need to bug them too. But I don’t know if the company will actually delete the info if you ask them them too.
What incentive do they even have?
Theoretically legal repercussions, but if they’ll be bankrupt, they don’t really care.
Exactly.