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Bankrupt Genetic Data: Minimizing and Privacy-Protecting Data from the Start

April 14, 2025

The scenario now at hand—an untold number of buyers able to potentially grab up the genetic data troves collected and analyzed by 23andMe—is a forceful reminder of the need for better data privacy and security protections. Nothing can eliminate the possibility that a company collecting data goes bankrupt. But companies and policymakers can and should do better in mitigating the risks from any potential bankruptcy-data fallout ahead of time.
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- Analysis
Virginia Updates Its Consumer Privacy Law to Include New Health and Reproductive Data Privacy Protections

April 7, 2025
- Data Protection
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Updates
Los Angeles Times: 23andMe bankruptcy leaves control of genetic data from millions in limbo

March 30, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- News
Los Angeles Times: ‘People should be worried’: 23andMe bankruptcy could expose customers’ genetic data

March 29, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- News
EPIC Joins If/When/How, Reproductive Justice Coalition in Purl v. HHS Amicus Brief

March 25, 2025
- Data Protection
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
San Francisco Chronicle: Progressives seek health privacy protections in California, but Newsom could balk

March 12, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- News
San Francisco Chronicle: Progressives seek health privacy protections in California, but Newsom could balk

March 12, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- News
EPIC Encourages HHS to Promulgate Updated Cybersecurity Requirements to Protect Electronic Personal Health Information

March 11, 2025
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- Updates
The Hill: DOGE efforts to access private data spark sharp pushback

February 20, 2025
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Government Records & Privacy
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- Privacy Laws
- News
WIRED: Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases

February 20, 2025
- Consumer Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Government Records & Privacy
- Health and Reproductive Privacy
- International Privacy
- Online Advertising & Tracking
- News

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