And while (to my knowledge) it hasn't been officially confirmed they're finally shuttering yet, uh.

Companies don't release official statements advising you about what's gonna happen to your data if the company suddenly has a new owner if things are going well

So if you've used them in the past but no longer do so, it would be a very good idea to go save anything you want to keep and then ask them to delete your info.

It's widely expected they'll be shuttering soon, the only issue is not knowing exactly when the news will come.

demonia

thanks for the link, mom's big into genealogy, she'll want to know about this.

Also, more background info on just how fucked 23andMe is right now, financially, via NPR:
https://www.npr.org/...

As far as I'm aware, no paywalls to deal with

tl;dr version: combining a massive data breach + literally the entire board resigning at once while the company is already in dire straits, all at the same time, means no one expects it to last more than a year.

In the best possible scenario

it's all but guaranteed there's going to be a lawsuit about what to do with any customer data once the company declares bankruptcy, and in that situation you really don't want to gamble on "when did you ask them to delete your data?" being a deciding factor on whether or not that, y'know, happens.

Oof. Thanks for sharing this

Thanks for sharing this!

uh well shit

Kinda glad I never did this. And never bought my sister a kit to do it.

Demonia

I bought a kit but I never used it. Rather glad I didn't/

litshard: same. I want the info, but I don't want my info out there forever

I just got this email and I'm laughing