(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.
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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.
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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.
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