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23andMe, the prominent consumer genetic testing company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, due to declining demand for its services and a significant data breach affecting millions of ...

especially before performing tasks that shouldn’t result in data loss but, you know, could. iCloud on its own is not a backup since deleting files in one place deletes that file in all the places.

If you don't want your genetic and health data out in the world, you should consider deleting your 23andMe data. Once this is done, you should delete your 23andMe data — but deleting it doesn’t mean ...

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Wednesday denied that data collected in a government-funded program that helps track thousands of abducted Ukrainian children had been ...

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Difficulty Deleting Genetic Data From 23AndMe Has Been Resolved A 23AndMe spokesperson told Bloomberg that the website delays were due to heavy site traffic. This comes in the wake of the company's ...

State Dept Denies Deleting Data on Halted Program Tracking Abducted Ukrainian Children By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Wednesday denied ...

WASHINGTON, - The U.S. State Department on Wednesday denied that data collected in a government-funded program that helps track thousands of abducted Ukrainian children had been deleted ...

The genetic testing company has the genetic data of more than 15 million customers — and California Attorney General Rob Bonta is warning users to purge their data sooner rather than later.