OAKLAND, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta don issue consumer alert to 23andMe customers as the genetic testing company dey face serious financial wahala.
23andMe, wey base for California, don talk say e dey experience financial distress, and e get substantial doubt about how e fit continue dey run im business. Dis alert fit affect plenty Californians wey don share their genetic information with the company.
In a statement, Bonta remind people say dem get right to delete their genetic data under two laws: Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). He advise anybody wey wan invoke this right to just waka go 23andMe website.
“California get strong privacy laws wey allow consumers take control and request say company delete their genetic data,” Bonta tok. “As 23andMe dey face financial wahala, I fit urge Californians make dem consider using their rights and tell 23andMe say make dem delete their data and destroy any genetic material samples wey dem get.”
If you wan delete your genetic data from 23andMe, you fit follow these steps: First, log into your 23andMe account. Next, go the “Settings” section wey dey your profile. Scroll down to find “23andMe Data” section. Click “View” wey dey next to “23andMe Data” to download your data if you want keep copy of am. After that, scroll to “Delete Data” section, click “Permanently Delete Data,” and confirm your request through the email wey 23andMe go send you.
For those wey don keep their saliva sample and DNA for 23andMe, you fit change your preference from your account settings under “Preferences.” If you don give permission for your genetic data to dey used for research, you fit revoke that one from the account settings wey dey under “Research and Product Consents.”
GIPA allow California consumers delete their accounts and genetic data while dem fit also revoke consent for genetic testing companies to collect, use, and disclose their genetic information. The CCPA also allow consumers to delete their personal information from businesses wey don collect am.
For more information on the CCPA, you fit check dem online.
