No one could have predicted this. /s

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      10 days ago

      True, but there have zero incentive to honor such requests. If anything, they have incentive to ignore them, since it’ll just take time, effort and money that they don’t have with no resulting benefit.

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        So give up, just don’t do anything!

        I know those weren’t your literal words, but that’s the sentiment.

        It’s the only thing you can do at this point if you gave them your DNA, and it harms nobody to try.

        Listing all the reasons not to bother just seems a bit pointless to me. Especially since they had no real reason to honor the request before.

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          No, you’re putting words in my mouth.

          I’m not telling anyone not to bother; I’m outlining how pitiful the state of things.

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        True, but there have zero incentive to honor such requests

        Pretty sure 23andMe is based in California, don’t Cali laws legally require them to delete the data when requested?

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          And what exactly are the repercussions? They go bankrupt, shut down, and now there’s nobody to see any consequences.