As such, a lot of the companys customers are looking to cut and run.
Understandably, people want to delete their accounts and purge whatever data the company has on them.
Unfortunately, 23andMe isnt really going to delete all of your data.
Oh, sure, you might delete your account.
There is atutorialon the companys website explaining how to do it.
According to 23andMesprivacy policy,it retains your genetic and birthday information to fulfill regulatory requirements.
Some identity verification may be necessary for you to complete this stage of the deletion request.
Youll get an email from the company asking for a confirmation that you want to delete your account.
At the time, 23andMe told the public thatonly about 14,000 accountshad been impacted by the breach.
In September of this year, 23andMe agreed to pay out a$30 million settlementrelated to the breach.
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