(Bloomberg) — Bankrupt genetic testing firm 23andMe Holding Co. 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 insolvency case — and has become a source of privacy and safety concerns amid the company’s collapse.
Hmmmm. Thoughts on implications of 23andMe bankruptcy ruling?
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I don’t think it’s the end of the company, just corporate restructuring. The CEO resigned and is talking about buying it.
But is the selling of customers' info part of the restructuring? Sounds scary to me.
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That is concerning. I kinda think the concept of privacy is changing rapidly before our eyes.
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When I die, delete my search history before calling the meat wagon.
I know, right?
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Ugh.
Glad I never used that service.
Turns out law enforcement and the US government got into people's personal data. Then suddenly afterwards a lot fewer customers wanted to use it.
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Oh look this guy has ancestors with heart disease, let’s cut him loose from Medicaid
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We got these kits as gifts and they were set aside and pretty much forgotten.
I'm glad now.
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Never provide a corporation with authentic personal information unless absolutely necessary.
