Saturday Morning With Jack Tame
Paul Stenhouse: DNA is up for sale now that 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy
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DNA is up for sale, now that 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy It has the DNA of 15 million customers - that's the major asset of the company - so what's next? The company says it intends to continue operating during the sale process, with no changes to the way it stores, manages or protects customer data, the statement said. It's always important to read the fine print! The privacy policy says if users’ data is sold as part of a bankruptcy or acquisition, the same provisions will apply to the new entity.. but the policy also states it can be changed at any time.New York's Attorney General issued an alert encouraging customers to “take action to safeguard their data” and people are - with the website going down multiple times this week.California has the toughest privacy protections in the country, but that legislation is being tested. If the company has no employees, who is there to help process the delete request and physically destroy samples? How would a company handle tens of thousands of requests in a we