23 & Me…Protecting Your Privacy

The Tennessee Attorney General is alerting customers of genetic testing company 23andMe of their rights to delete their genetic testing results from the company’s database and take other important steps to protect their privacy given the company’s bankruptcy filing this past Sunday.

While the company has stated that it will continue its current practices for storing, managing, and protecting customer data, 23andMe intends to sell substantially all its assets as part of the bankruptcy process. Those assets include personal data and DNA samples provided by 23andMe customers, and it is unclear how a purchaser will treat such sensitive information and genetic material.

The Tennessee Attorney General is notifying 23andMe customers of their rights to download their personal data from their account, delete their account, and instruct the company to destroy their biological sample and not use it for research purposes.

23andMe customers can find information on how to download a copy of their genetic reports, delete their genetic data from 23andMe, destroy their test sample, and opt out of research @ https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/attorneygeneral/documents/pr/2025/2025-3-23andme.pdf