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D.N.A. TESTING

I am not surprised that people wish to delete their data, but have a query. Any sensible person, and certainly any company, backs up their data regularly. Would not the backup, which would include the data, still be available to insurance companies or other dubious organisations if they purchased the assets?
 
About halfway through the article...

'According to 23andMe, deleting an account and associated data will permanently delete the data associated with all profiles within the account.'

If that means what it seems to mean I don't know.
 
To my mind, backups save all data at that point and are separate from the source. I accept that there may be ways to delete data in backups, but to my mind that compromises a backup. It should certainly be made clear to those concerned.
 
mikejee said:
I am not surprised that people wish to delete their data, but have a query. Any sensible person, and certainly any company, backs up their data regularly. Would not the backup, which would include the data, still be available to insurance companies or other dubious organisations if they purchased the assets?
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Makes perfect sense to me!
I would expect someone to have th3 data somewhere!
 
Currently Ancestry won't accept raw DNA data uploads from other company's tests, so anyone with 23 and Me could download their data and keep it for possible future use before deletion. Back up DNA data may belong to the individuals rather than being a company asset. Such data would be covered by the Data Protection act in the UK, but this doesn't apply here.
 
Stokkie said:
Currently Ancestry won't accept raw DNA data uploads from other company's tests, so anyone with 23 and Me could download their data and keep it for possible future use before deletion. Back up DNA data may belong to the individuals rather than being a company asset. Such data would be covered by the Data Protection act in the UK, but this doesn't apply here.
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Most data in the US is only being received through secure portals (larger organizations for now) that are actually “scrubbing” it before anyone can access and then the access is VERY selective.
 
MWS said:
23andme bought...

www.bbc.co.uk

Struggling DNA testing firm 23andMe to be bought for $256m

It said new buyers Regeneron had committed to protect user data as part of the deal.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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Sounds like a data purchase to me. The designation "non-profit" is nothing more than a joke or scam. All it means is the company does make money, but the operators have access to lads of cash with little or no accountability. I did some consulting work a few years ago that was a non-profit, to say that I was amazed would be a gross understatement!
 
Profit is of course what is left over after ALL the business outgoings are met, High salaries for the directors come into those outgoings so nothing to stop the directors paying themselves millions before profit is calculated.
 
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