If 23 and Me goes bankrupt, they will sell all of the biometric data they’ve collected over decades to the highest bidder. Why can’t the US government step in to purchase the company and establish a public trust?

  • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    They DID agree to share it

    I saw in another comment.

    That doesn’t negate the public interest in protecting such data, as I have said.

    Besides, that clause may not hold up in court.

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      21 days ago

      All the more reason for broader legislation than a half baked idea about buying just this one database.