 Your genetic blueprint is your most unique identifier, packed with deeply personal information. How might it be used? Your DNA could be subpoenaed by law enforcement to connect you to an investigation. It could be used to predict your predisposition to a disease, prompting an insurance company to raise your premiums. It can also compromise the privacy of your children and other relatives up, down, and across your family tree. Seven million 23andMe customers learned this the hard way in 2023 when hackers gained access to their family trees, birth years, and geographic locations. If you’ve ever sent in a saliva test for a 23andMe genetic profile, you should seriously consider having it and your data destroyed NOW. This is because 23andMe is going into voluntary Chapter 11 restructuring and could be sold – and with it, all your supremely private information the company holds. Here are instructions from California Attorney General Rob Bonta on how to destroy your sample and delete your genetic data with 23andMe. Other DNA home-testing sites also offer delete functions in their account settings. Comments are closed.
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