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Regeneron is to pay $256 million in cash to acquire "substantially all" of 23andMe's assets, including its massive biobank of around 15 million customer genetic samples and data.

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[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I hope I deleted my data just in time not to be (legally) included in this.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Narrator:

They didn't.

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Realistically, what could a company do with the data? I can see how it could be dangerous in the hands of a nation state if someone is a politician. But otherwise, besides the gross privacy violation, im not sure I see what real harm will come of this.

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[–] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Hahahahahaha

[–] gleb@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

i deleted my data a month or two ago, am i safe?

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