CNA938 Rewind - 23andMe bankruptcy looks to sell users’ DNA, highlights value of DNA data
Following the news of 23andMe looking to sell their users’ genetic information to the highest bidder as part of the company’s bankruptcy, users rushed to delete their data, causing the site to go down. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman chat with Suzanne Bernstein, Counsel, Electric Privacy Information Center (EPIC). They discuss how valuable DNA data is and the risks involved when we choose to subscribe to a service that deals with our DNA.