On Friday, March 21, 2025, the California Attorney General issued an urgent customer alert to those who have a 23andMe account.
In its alert, the AG’s office provides instructions for how to:
- delete your genetic data
- request 23andMe destroy your test sample
- revoke permission for your genetic data to be used for research
Here’s a blog post on The Verge about concerns of what data will be retained by 23andMe.