The legislative legislature of the Energy and Commercial Council is inspecting the bankruptcy of 23andme due to the concerns for American DNA data.
The genomic company that has a problem has been reduced since it has suffered from bad data violations in 2023. The company has synthesized conflicts and controversy, including the release of reduced financial prosecution and financial assessment. In March, it filed a bankruptcy chapter 11 and was looking for a genetic business buyer since then.
On Friday, members of the Congress Brett Guthrie (R-Ky), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Gary Palmer (R-AL) Send a letter Up to 23andme inquiries about the information management of an American company, the letter states that the judge “recently ruled 23andme, has the right to sell the delicate medical and genetic data of 15 million customers, which is considered the company's most valuable assets.”
The letter stated that some customers reported the problem of their accounting and information and asked the company to explain how much the request to delete. In addition, the company has a “obese process” to check if the company's expected buyers have “history of data protection, data and compliance with government, state or other security laws.”
It should be noted that while the Republican Party's letter is in accordance with the law “privacy of the central government” only the law. Only to blame this due to the fact that there are many efforts (fails) that will pass the said law.
GizModo reached out to 23andme to comment.
Concerns for user data 23andme may be high, although the company will continue to promise to continue to protect the customer's information. News From March, recording that “It is a prayer that has the potential buyers must agree to comply with the privacy policy of consumers 23andme and all relevant laws related to customer information.” In other words, the privacy certification that the company promises that currently will be applied to what the company purchased business.
You may not feel that there are a lot of fact that the company has allowed users to be invaded through previous data leaks. If so, you can also ask the company to delete your information through the described process. nobilityReceived courtesy from the border electronic Foundation