The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit organization defending civil liberties, argues that law enforcement use of ...

In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with ...

But in 2024, the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner’s Office sent more bones to Othram Labs for another DNA extraction, ...

When you set up your 23andMe account, you’re given the option either to have your saliva sample securely destroyed or to have ...

But she added that if people do delete theirs, they should consider downloading the information and then uploading it to a free database like GEDmatch, FamilyTreeDNA or DNA Justice. She said law ...

The recent bankruptcy of genetic testing firm 23andMe has raised alarms for privacy advocates and consumers worried about ...

The direct-to-consumer DNA testing service 23andMe filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, putting millions of customers' ...

Former Denver District Attorney urges customers of 23andMe to keep their data and share with law enforcement after concerns about data for millions of customers.

Just like the government uses an Aadhaar number to uniquely identify an individual for social security purposes, a person’s DNA fingerprint can be used for biological purposes. This is why DNA ...

If you were a 23andMe customer, your genetic and personal information could be used in civil or criminal cases, targeted ...