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23AndMe says they will destroy your sample if you request and I would assume you can ask that they destroy your data.
by merpnderp 11y ago
23AndMe says they will destroy your sample if you request and I would assume you can ask that they destroy your data.
- chaostheory 11y agoThat is not really true. According to 23AndMe, by law the lab that processes your saliva must keep your data for a minimum of two years. Moreover 23AndMe keeps your data forever if it's involved in any of their studies (it's in their TOC), which probably happens the second you submit anything to them. I do not believe that 23AndMe actually deletes data.
- merpnderp 11y agoLooks like they won't delete your DNA data, but they will delete any personal information linking it to you. Fair enough. https://www.23andme.com/about/privacy/ https://www.23andme.com/about/privacy/
- dsmithatx 11y agoDo they still keep a database of all previous customers? If only 1% request a deletion it would leave a fairly small group of people who requested the deletion. Then via genetic markers you could probably match them back up fairly easily with the right data.
- lighttower 11y agothe lab isn't in the United States. not subject to this law
- chaostheory 11y agoThen that brings up even more questions like what laws is this lab subject to? The reason I bring this up is that many of the laws in the US related to medical data tend to try to protect it for the consumer.
- barney54 11y agoBut why take the risk? Don't give them your real name or address.