23andMe, di company wey dey do genetic testing, dey face serious challenges now, including bankruptcy and data breach. Dis make many people wonder if dem fit delete their genetic data from di platform.
If you wan delete your 23andMe account, you go fit do am, but there be some things you need know. First, you go to your 23andMe online profile, click on ‘settings’ tab, and find di button wey say ‘permanently delete data’ at di bottom. When you click am, you go receive confirmation email to confirm your intention to delete your account.
However, 23andMe and their genotyping laboratory go still retain some of your data, including your genetic information, date of birth, and sex, because of legal obligations. Dey go keep dis data for three years before dem delete am.
Another thing be say if you don agree to share your genetic data with researchers before, you no go fit delete dat data again. 23andMe say dem use strong privacy protections, but di data wey dem sell to third parties, like big pharmaceutical companies, no go fit be deleted.
Di company’s future uncertain now, and dem might sell di genetic data of their 15 million customers. So, if you think say you wan delete your data, you should know say it no go be easy to completely erase am.
