DNA-testing company 23andMe has signed a $300 million deal with a drug giant. Here’s how to delete your data if that freaks you out.
In case you weren’t aware, companies like Ancestry and 23andMe are legally allowed, and often do, sell your data to drugmakers. However, this summer one of those partnerships became much more explicit; in July Big Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline acquired a $300 million stake in 23andMe. (Please make sure to watch the video below.) (Please make sure to watch the video above.) If that wake-up call has you rethinking about giving these companies access to your genetic material, you still have options, although it might be a long process: (And let’s be clear, while there are supposed to be protections in...
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