#23andMe's Data Sold to Nonprofit Run by Its Co-Founder
"Bonta’s office said the terms of 23andMe’s sale, approved Friday by a federal bankruptcy judge, run afoul of the state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act, which requires companies to obtain opt-in consent from customers before selling their genetic information to third parties". #privacy #23andMe https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/30/california-ag-23andme-sale-00433554
"Bonta’s office said the terms of 23andMe’s sale, approved Friday by a federal bankruptcy judge, run afoul of the state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act, which requires companies to obtain opt-in consent from customers before selling their genetic information to third parties". #privacy #23andMe https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/30/california-ag-23andme-sale-00433554
#23andMe's new owner says your #DNA is safe this time
Founded by 23andMe's former CEO and co-founder #AnneWojcicki, #TTAM Research Institute is behind the purchase of the beleaguered genetics biz, which was confirmed last week.
It reportedly submitted a $305 million bid for the company, whose 2023 mega data breach and resulting fallout led to it filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/02/23andme_buyer_writes_to_customers/
“On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri approved the proposed purchase of all of the assets of 23andMe by TTAM Research Institute (“TTAM”) … TTAM is a nonprofit medical research organization founded by Anne Wojcicki (Co-Founder and former CEO of 23andMe).”
– 23andMe bankruptcy notice
Well this all sounds above board…
Bid by 23andMe’s former CEO to buy company given greenlight by court #Science #US News #23andMe #Data Breach
https://globalnews.ca/news/11268828/23andme-court-greenlights-purchase//612
Bankruptcy judge approves sale of 23andMe. Read about it from @npr:
My neighbour is Antiguan. He is Black. A few months ago he did #23andMe and found out that he is 49% Nigerian.
I call bullshit.
Are they saying to me that since his forebears were stolen from Africa 200 years ago, through generations of systemic rape and cultural erasure, they've managed to stay Nigerian? 200 years is 8 generations, nearly 600 forebears - but 23andMe wants me to believe he's somehow 49% Nigerian!
Bullshit. Go back 200 years and even I am probably not 49% Nigerian.
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The Washington Post experienced a #cyberattack that compromised the email accounts of several journalists;
The U.K. watchdog fined #23andMe £2.31 million;
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Founder of #23andMe buys back company out of #bankruptcy auction
Anne #Wojcicki has been declared the winner of a bankruptcy auction for 23andMe, the #genetics testing start-up she founded, prevailing over a rival bid from #RegeneronPharmaceuticals.
#privacy #dna
#UK fines #23andMe for ‘profoundly damaging’ #breach exposing #genetics data
The data protection watchdog said today that 23andMe failed to protect the sensitive data of UK residents who had their #genotype data, #health reports, and personal information stolen in credential stuffing attacks using stolen login credentials that went unnoticed for five months between April 2023 and September 2023.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-fines-23andme-for-profoundly-damaging-breach-exposing-genetics-data/
It turns out that the Canadian privacy commissioner 
also participated in the 23andMe investigation. They say that they cannot fine 23andMe.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/23andme-data-breach-investigation-1.7563238?cmp=mastodon
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Il se trouve que le Commissaire à la vie privée du Canada a également participé à l’enquête concernant 23andMe. Ils disent qu’ils ne peuvent pas mettre 23andMe à l’amende.
https://www.priv.gc.ca/fr/nouvelles-du-commissariat/nouvelles-et-annonces/2025/info_23andme_250617/
23andMe has been fined by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office £2.31M for failing to protect sensitive information.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-fines-23andme-for-profoundly-damaging-breach-exposing-genetics-data/
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23andMe a reçu une amende de 2,31M£ par le Bureau du commissaire à l’information du Royaume-Uni pour ne pas avoir protégé les informations sensibles.
// Article en anglais //
Gee, why am I not surprised?
> 23andMe 'failed to take basic steps' to protect private information, investigation finds https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/23andme-data-breach-investigation-1.7563238?cmp=rss
Founder of #23andMe, #AnneWojcicki, buys back company out of #bankruptcy auction
Concerns about transfer of #genetic data to new company may now be moot.
TTAM Research Institute, a #nonprofit public benefit company also founded by #Wojcicki, won the auction with a $305 million bid for the 23andMe assets, which will not come with any company liabilities attached.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/founder-of-23andme-buys-back-company-out-of-bankruptcy-auction/
DATE: June 17, 2025 at 08:45AM
SOURCE: HEALTHCARE INFO SECURITY
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What has #AnneWojcicki's company #TTAMResearchInstitute promised to do to protect the privacy and security of #23andMe's customers' #genomic data? https://t.co/bnz9WregMA
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Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auction https://arstechni.ca/HWSV #23andmebankruptcy #genetictesting #syndication #Science #23andme
23AndMe had 15 million customers relying on the company to protect their bio data. But after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March, the company became the center of a bidding war that ended Friday when co-founder Anne Wojcicki said she’d successfully reacquired control through her nonprofit TTAM Research Institute for $305 million. Feel any safer? If not, @Techcrunch tells us how to remove your data:
