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Is there any way to use privacy laws to have 23andMe wipe your data?
by voisin 2y ago
Is there any way to use privacy laws to have 23andMe wipe your data?
- louthy 2y agoIf you’re in the EU or UK, yes. File a GDPR request for removal of all data relating to you.
- slowmotiony 2y agoThey'll definitely do it. They promise.
- louthy 2y agoWe can only use the laws that exist. Bad actors will act bad regardless.
- robterrell 2y agoRemoving just your data probably isn't enough? Despite my curiosity, for privacy reasons I made the decision to not use 23andMe. (Basically - feels like information an insurer will inevitably want to use against me.) My wife did, however, and over the years our kids did too, for various reasons (an interest in genealogy, a kid with celiacs looking to trace the genetic component, etc). Recently I was very surprised to look at the app on my wife's phone and see that they have a shadow account for me with a lot of details filled in, due to my wife/kids/siblings/cousins having used the service. I should not be suprised -- this is how they caught the golden state killer, after all.
- smcin 2y agoWhen you say your wife "used 23andMe", do you mean she merely signed up for ancestry features (e.g. 23andMe Family Tree) without submitting her own genetic data (i.e. to see what happened when a relative submitted theirs), or that she also submitted her own genetic data?
- louthy 2y ago> shadow account That sounds like a GDPR breach to me, you should report it to the ICO (if you’re in the UK, not sure what the EU equivalent is). They should not hold data on any UK or EU citizen without the citizen’s consent.
- voisin 2y agoHow do they know where I currently reside?