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I misinterpret 23andme results and believe I have a horrific genetic condition. I then delete my data, commit suicide, and my family sues the company.

I’m not saying this is what they are worried about, but it could be something along those lines. I work in big finance, and there is a LOT of regulation around data retention, and it’s a lot more nuanced than people think.

Should we be allowed to delete the data? Absolutely. This will likely be a hallmark case setting president for the future.






That’s one amusing typo. (Won’t lie, I did consider for a moment what would happen if setting president was done by someone’s DNA.)

Ha! Whoops!!

Why would the data being deleted be a precondition to a law suit in this scenario?

It wouldn't, but 23andme keeping DNA data means that they would easily be able to deal with the lawsuit in this hypothetical scenario.



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