The settlement highlights the lasting risks of exposing genetic data that can’t be changed or replaced.

23andMe's interim chief executive Joseph Selsavage told lawmakers on Tuesday that 1.9 million people, or about 15% of its customer base, have requested their genetic data be deleted from the company's ...

The sale of 23andMe was finalized this week, following the company filing for bankruptcy in March. The sale was previously approved by a judge. The company was purchased by the nonprofit TTAM Research ...

California's top attorney sued genetic testing company 23andMe on Thursday, accusing the popular ancestry information provider of insufficiently safeguarding the sensitive data of 7 million users in a ...

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LOS ANGELES — California’s attorney general sued the genetic testing company formerly known as 23andMe on Thursday, alleging it failed to protect sensitive user data in a 2023 breach that affected ...

Genetic testing company 23andMe agreed to pay $18 million to resolve a multistate data breach lawsuit stemming from a massive 2023 data breach that affected nearly 7 million individuals worldwide. In ...

Victims of a 2023 data hack at genetics testing company 23andMe are set to receive a multi-million payout from the firm. A California bankruptcy court judge ruled on Tuesday that Chrome Holding, which ...

Anne Wojcicki's winning bid to reclaim control of 23andMe (MEHCQ) doesn't necessarily end the fight over what happens to the DNA of 15 million people collected by the bankrupt consumer genomics ...

Wojcicki launched TTAM earlier this year with the specific goal of keeping 23andMe’s genetic data of about 15 million users out of the hands of third parties like biotech firm Regeneron, which bid ...