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minus-squareohshit604@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days ago True, but there have zero incentive to honor such requests Pretty sure 23andMe is based in California, don’t Cali laws legally require them to delete the data when requested?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoAnd what exactly are the repercussions? They go bankrupt, shut down, and now there’s nobody to see any consequences.
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoBold of you to assume they follow the law and will get in trouble for not.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoEveryone on this thread seems to be getting really mad when we point that out.
Pretty sure 23andMe is based in California, don’t Cali laws legally require them to delete the data when requested?
And what exactly are the repercussions? They go bankrupt, shut down, and now there’s nobody to see any consequences.
Bold of you to assume they follow the law and will get in trouble for not.
Everyone on this thread seems to be getting really mad when we point that out.