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Office of the Utah Attorney General and the Utah Department of Commerce's Division of Consumer Protection are issuing a ...

Following the sale of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe, the Utah Attorney General’s Office is issuing a consumer advisory reminding former customers of ways to protect their ...

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8.Click “Permanently Delete Data.” 9.Confirm your request: You’ll receive an email from 23andMe; follow the link in the email to confirm your deletion request.

A 23andMe spokesperson told CNET that once your request is submitted, the process of deleting data begins "immediately and automatically" and can take about 30 days to complete.

The states argue that the company cannot sell the data of its 15 million customers without their explicit permission. TechCrunch has a short guide on how to delete your 23andMe data.

To qualify for a cybersecurity-related claim, one must be a 23andMe customer between May 1, 2023, and Oct. 1, 2023; have ...

According to 23andMe's policy, deletion requests are still being accepted. "Find a secure way to download that data first, because that is, in fact, your own intellectual property," Carter said.

Click “View” next to “23andMe Data.” Download your data: If you want a copy of your genetic data for personal storage, choose the option to download it to your device before proceeding.

Click "view" Scroll to "delete data" Click "permanently delete data" Confirm your request Note that you may also download a copy of your genetic data before deleting it from 23andMe's database.