GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data.

Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA::GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data.

  • hh93English
    162·
    1 year ago

    Luckily I didn’t do mine at all since it was obvious from the start that eventually stuff like this would happen once enough people gave their DNA away like that…

    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      It all depends on how shitty the company is. 23andMe popped up like 5-10 years ago, Ancestry.com was founded in 1997 and existed offline before that. AFAIK they’ve never been involved in any scandals. They just sent me an email today saying “login requirements are changing, you need to enable 2FA, the privacy of our users is of utmost importance.” Yeah I know everyone says that, but some companies actually do mean it.

      If you’ve ever had any lab work done where you’ve given blood, they have your DNA anyway.