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A Sale of 23andMe’s #Data Would Be Bad for #Privacy. Here’s What Customers Can Do.
Apparently 23andMe is considering selling off its assets - including user DNA data - to a third party.
Taking this opportunity to highlight that transferring of user data between acquired and acquiring companies happens more often than you think.
#privacy #privacymatters #23andme
A Sale of 23andMe’s Data Would Be Bad for Privacy. Here’s What Customers Can Do.
The CEO of 23andMe has recently said she’d consider selling the genetic genealogy testing company–and with it, the sensitive DNA data that it’s collected, and stored, from many of its 15 million customers.Electronic Frontier Foundation
The worst thing: This very revealing and personal data may already be on the market. Because of lack of enforced secure login (e.g. #2FA) and an open "social" policy of providing almost unrestricted access to the most personal and immutable data for any random stranger with some #DNA likeness.
Personal data is not here to play games with. By anyone.
#DNAsamples #23andme #Privacy
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/10/uk-and-canada-privacy-watchdogs-investigating-23andme-data-breach/
UK and Canada privacy watchdogs investigating 23andMe data breach | TechCrunch
The data protection authorities are investigating the genetic testing company after hackers stole the personal data of 6.9 million customers.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
Right now, #23andme, the DNA testing and data collection site, might be up for grabs to the highest bidder.
Including some of the most private (and immutable) data of 15 million people.
«Genetic data is immutable and can reveal very personal details about you and your family members.»
This shows, that data that has been exposed and/or collected once, will be available to anyone with money or hacking skills.
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/sale-23andmes-data-would-be-bad-privacy-heres-what-customers-can-do
A Sale of 23andMe’s Data Would Be Bad for Privacy. Here’s What Customers Can Do.
The CEO of 23andMe has recently said she’d consider selling the genetic genealogy testing company–and with it, the sensitive DNA data that it’s collected, and stored, from many of its 15 million customers.Electronic Frontier Foundation
More on the #23andme bankruptcy in this thread by @pluralistic (read upward from the link).
But the thread (read downward) alsopromotes the fascinating idea of a compulsory "living will", that for any company on whose function their customers rely on, the company has to set aside instructions and funds to help transition the users.
For goods attached to a mandatory cloud service, e.g. open-source the components or help free the goods from the cloud.
#LivingWill
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https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113284677627117369
