The company says the data is deleted once a user submits and confirms the request. However, per the privacy statement, 23andMe is legally required to retain certain information.

23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday. The company says no changes will be made to how it stores, manages or protects customer data up until the sale of its assets is finalized.

6.9 million profiles impacted by 23andMe data breach The company was hacked in 2023 , compromising data in nearly 6.9 million DNA Relatives and Family Tree profiles.

23andMe's financial troubles may lead to customers' genetic data exchanging hands if an acquisition occurs. Here's how to delete your 23andMe data beforehand.

To delete your data from 23andMe, you need to log in to your account and then follow these steps: Navigate to the Settings section of your profile. Scroll down to the selection labeled 23andMe Data .

Prior to the acquisition news, many 23andMe customers expressed concern over what a sale could mean for their user data. The director of cybersecurity at Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit ...

23andMe did not answer our questions regarding what specific data actually is retained or deleted when a user removes their account. Some posts have appeared online that encourage 23andMe users to ...

23andMe users panic-delete their data after ancestry company goes up for sale ‘I don't know who could get their hands on what,’ 23andMe user Laura Khalil said after the company announced it is ...

Ahead of a sale, only 15% of 23andMe's user base has deleted accounts. Do people not care, or are they just unaware? For those in the latter camp, here's how to ditch your account.

A bankruptcy judge’s signoff on 23andMe’s sale of genetic data exposes privacy law loopholes in a carefully structured deal ...

A lawsuit against 23andMe is stirring a debate about what the proper role of government is in regulating how private ...