Tens of thousands of Californians have already signed up for the state's new tool to try and stop their data from being sold by brokers, officials say.

INDIA - Sept. 16, 2024: In this photo illustration, a 23andMe logo seen displayed on a smartphone and in the background. (Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) In ...

There is big money tied to personal information, much of it bought and sold by data brokers. Now, a new California law is ...

THE GENETIC TESTING COMPANY 23 AND ME. IT HAS ARGUABLY FAILED TO BOUNCE BACK FROM A CYBERATTACK THAT SAW ITS CUSTOMERS PERSONAL INFORMATION AND GENETIC DATA COMPROMISED. THE COMPANY COLLECTED DATA ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a new privacy tool allowing Californians to easily opt out of the sale of their information by data brokers.

None of us signed up for our personal info to be bought and sold online. Between data brokers, people-search sites and all the other places our details end up, it happens constantly and usually ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- DNA genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and will eventually have to sell its assets to pay its creditors. If you are one of the over 15 million people who have ...

THEIR OWN COUNTRIES MAY NOT TAKE THEM BACK. WELL, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO BASED DNA TESTING COMPANY 23 ANDME HAS NOW FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. THIS IS RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE DATA PRIVACY OF ITS 15 MILLION ...

23andMe, a genetic-testing and ancestry-tracing company, collects the most personal kind of data from its customers: their DNA. Now, after a data breach in late 2023 and a full board resignation, the ...

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23andMe has capped off a challenging few years by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today. Given the uncertainty around the future of the DNA testing company and what will happen to all of the genetic ...