redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)
( Mar. 24th, 2025 01:37 pm)
Heads up: 23andMe has declared bankruptcy, and the California attorney general is advising everyone to delete their data from the site now. California law specifically gives people the right to delete their, but the instructions look like they'd work regardless of where you live.

Instructions, copied from the Washington Post article:

How to delete genetic data from 23andMe

Log into your 23andMe account.
Go to your Profile, then tap Settings.
Scroll to the “23andMe Data” section at the bottom of the page and click View.
If you want to download your data, select what you want.
Scroll to the “Delete Data” section and click Permanently Delete Data.
Confirm your request: You’ll receive an email from 23andMe, and click the link in the email to confirm.

Here's an archive.is link to the Washington Post article:
https://archive.is/iNFaf
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