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The 'holding' company, 23 and Me has filed for bankruptcy.
So, what does it mean for all those folks who were bamboozled into paying the company for the right to give the the very same company their gene sequences and all kinds of other personal information?
Well...
This is end stage capitalism at the edge of a certain valley which means the company holding all that very personal sequen-info 'hopes' that it will remain private and secure.
Joe Hernandez of NPR has that part of the story:
...In its bankruptcy FAQ, the company said it hopes to "secure a partner who shares in its commitment to customer data privacy."...
Interestingly, California's AG, is less hopeful, perhaps because he understands what can happen when the highest bidder ultimately takes control of a holding company:
...California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a consumer alert last week that residents should "consider invoking their rights and directing 23andMe to delete their data and destroy any samples of genetic material" the company has...
Imagine that!
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Image at the top of the post is from a really insightful piece in The Conversation by Ignacio Cofone on the implications of all that was lost by millions of people when the holdings of the company were breached in the fall of 2023.
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3 comments:
Of course this will end well...
is this the same database that law enforcement uses to catch the bad people ?
In bc Canada maybe liberally triple delete?
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