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I believe you can opt out of them storing your data once you retrieve it.

• dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  Which is useless unless we can get someone on the inside to vouch for the fact that it's actually not stored
  • stochastic_monk 8y ago
    Most companies at least track frequencies. We used to think that deidentified was enough, but apparently it’s not that hard to figure out who a person is if you know that much about them. (Especially if you have relatives.) There’s been a lot of work with homeomorphic encryption, but I think that the new avenue of research using sketches to provide a sense of anonymity while preserving comparability.
  • jghn 8y ago
    The storage of the data is a not inconsequential portion of the total cost. A lot of work is done to cut costs on genomic data storage. No better way than not storing it in the first place
  • tempestn 8y ago
    They explicitly state they're GDPR compliant, so at the very least if they keep customer data after saying they've deleted it and are discovered they would probably be looking at huge fines. Doesn't make much sense from a business perspective, especially given that most customers probably won't bother to have their data deleted.