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DNA testing firm 23andMe fined £2.31m for ‘serious security failings’
DNA testing firm 23andMe fined £2.31m for ‘serious security failings’ - A cyber attack on the genetic testing firm saw ...
States sue to block the sale of genetic data collected by DNA testing company 23andMe
Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia have sued the bankrupt genetic testing company 23andMe in an effort to block ...
Will 23andMe sell your DNA data? Pennsylvania’s attorney general joins a lawsuit to prevent that.
Attorney General Dave Sunday has joined a lawsuit seeking to require 23andMe to obtain "expressed, informed, affirmative ...
23andMe Fined £2.31 Million by UK Over Genetic Data Leak
Me was fined £2.31 million ($3.1 million) by UK regulators after a 2023 cyber attack exposed users’ genetic data in yet ...
Oklahoma AG joins lawsuit to block 23andMe from selling DNA data
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a federal lawsuit to block 23andMe, a genetic testing company, from selling ...
23andMe Customers Did Not Expect Their DNA Data Would Be Sold, Lawsuit Claims
The genetic-testing company, which collected DNA data from users, is for sale in bankruptcy court. Now, 27 states and the ...
Anne Wojcicki's bid to buy back 23andMe may not end legal fight over DNA customer data
Anne Wojcicki's winning bid to reclaim control of 23andMe doesn't necessarily end the fight over what happens to the DNA of 15 million people collected by the bankrupt consumer genomics company.
Biometric Update19hOpinion
You can’t reset your DNA. So why are you letting companies treat it like a password?
In a recent investigation we took a hard look at the cybersecurity practices of major direct-to-consumer DNA testing ...