Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline
by phkahler on Thursday January 23, 2020 @08:37PM
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>> date of birth, and sex
That's enough to identify people in some zipcodes.
Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline
by travisjungroth on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:20AM
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Most people in most zip codes. 70 years * 365 days * 2 sexes = 51,100. The average zip code has about 10,000. Never thought of this before.
Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline
by zimpenfish on Friday January 24, 2020 @07:37AM
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John D Cook did a couple of good blog posts on this
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/12/07/no-funding-for-unw...
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/12/07/simulating-zipcode...
Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline
by jjeaff on Thursday January 23, 2020 @10:02PM
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I'm pretty sure I didn't give them my birthdate. I also didn't give them my full name. If birthdate is required, I would have given a fake one.
I don't see any reason to give them your exact birthdate.
They could obviously dig into the billing data and get my info, but at least it's not right there together.
"23andMe and our third party genotyping laboratory will retain your genetic information, date of birth, and sex as required for compliance with applicable legal obligations, including the U.S. Federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), California Business and Professional Code Section 1265, and College of American Pathologists (CAP) accreditation requirements.
23andMe will retain limited information related to your data deletion request, such as your email address and Account Deletion Request Identifier, as necessary to fulfill your request and for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims."
So they'll retain your DNA info and personally identifying info that you provided, forever. But the physical sample will be destroyed.