Valerie Aurora 🇺🇦

If you are trying to delete your 23andMe data and get an obnoxious reply asking for ID, tell them no, that's what your password is for, and they will do it. And if they then send you an obnoxious reply saying they will delete everything except the stuff they are required to keep by law, check out this article by actual lawyer @AugustB

https://bourniquelaw.com/2024/10/09/data-23-and-me/

#23andMe

DATA, 23, AND ME

Many of 23 and Me’s former customers are asking to have their data and samples deleted or destroyed out of concern that they may be sold during the company’s looming collapse and likely bankruptcy …

Law Office of August Bournique
Mar 24 at 11:51amWeb
Show threadCatherine SchmidtMar 24
@vaurora @AugustB thank you
Show threadJaxxAIMar 24
@vaurora @AugustB I think the moral of the story is don't sign up for these services in the first place.
Show threadHenry WilkinsonMar 24

@JaxxAI @vaurora @AugustB I didn't... but some extended family members of mine did, and their DNA is similar enough to mine for it to be used against me should it come to that.

What a fun world!

Show threadThe Witch of Crow BriarMar 24
@vaurora @AugustB “How on earth can you not be sure it’s me???”
Show threadFunGuy2PlayWithMar 24

@vaurora @AugustB

#GiftedArticle

https://wapo.st/4kUsBEF

Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now

The genetic information company declared bankruptcy on Sunday, and California’s attorney general has issued a privacy “consumer alert.”

The Washington Post
Show threadThe TurtleMar 24

@vaurora @AugustB the thing that really sucks is when your relatives all did the 23andme thing and indirectly, YOUR data is in there even though you have never been their customer.

I have some relatives who are less than smart.

Show threadAndrejBagMar 24
@vaurora @AugustB Alter your data heavily before deleting, before they switch databases to readonly, date of birth, names, place, payment info, email. Everything. Screw the data brokers...
Show threadRebecca Wirfs-BrockMar 24
@vaurora @AugustB And if login is broken after getting a 24 hour link to confirm delete all data?
Show threadBill Taroli Mar 29
@vaurora It still stuns me how many people knowingly sent these people this kind of information and PAID them for the privilege! 🤦‍♂️🫣 #privacy #DNA #23AndMe