23andMe won permission from a judge to sell customers' medical and ancestry data

5 points by timojaask 8 months ago · 4 comments

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gnabgib 8 months ago

This is a March story.. since then the FTC declared 23andMe must honor it's privacy promises.

https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/23andme-letter-...

ferguess_k 8 months ago

What if they already sold the data?
- gnabgib 8 months ago
  
  This ruling required a final hearing to be held in June before any data could be sold. That hearing might also change the judgement.