Aunt Vovi
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The same goes for health insurance. GINA prohibits health insurance companies from setting their premiums or denying coverage based on your genetic information. So if a 23andMe buyer were to share your genetic data with your health insurer, they couldn't just kick you off their plan based on the fact you have certain genes.
The same goes for health insurance. GINA prohibits health insurance companies from setting their premiums or denying coverage based on your genetic information. So if a 23andMe buyer were to share your genetic data with your health insurer, they couldn't just kick you off their plan based on the fact you have certain genes.
The same goes for health insurance. GINA prohibits health insurance companies from setting their premiums or denying coverage based on your genetic information. So if a 23andMe buyer were to share your genetic data with your health insurer, they couldn't just kick you off their plan based on the fact you have certain genes.
So when Glenn talks to people like my Aunt Vovey about whether or not to delete their 23andMe data, he says they should keep in mind there is a very real tradeoff here.
So when Glenn talks to people like my Aunt Vovey about whether or not to delete their 23andMe data, he says they should keep in mind there is a very real tradeoff here.
So when Glenn talks to people like my Aunt Vovey about whether or not to delete their 23andMe data, he says they should keep in mind there is a very real tradeoff here.
As of now, multiple state attorneys general have issued public statements encouraging 23andMe customers to forego all of these risks by deleting their genetic data immediately. And huge numbers of customers seem to have taken them up on it. In the week following the bankruptcy announcement, 23andMe's website apparently crashed and many users found it difficult or impossible to delete their data.
As of now, multiple state attorneys general have issued public statements encouraging 23andMe customers to forego all of these risks by deleting their genetic data immediately. And huge numbers of customers seem to have taken them up on it. In the week following the bankruptcy announcement, 23andMe's website apparently crashed and many users found it difficult or impossible to delete their data.
As of now, multiple state attorneys general have issued public statements encouraging 23andMe customers to forego all of these risks by deleting their genetic data immediately. And huge numbers of customers seem to have taken them up on it. In the week following the bankruptcy announcement, 23andMe's website apparently crashed and many users found it difficult or impossible to delete their data.
Last week, I ran all the stuff we'd learned by my Aunt Vovey. The protections of the bankruptcy system, the promise of the Consumer Privacy Ombudsman, as well as where her data could end up. So knowing all of this, what do you want to do with your 23andMe data?
Last week, I ran all the stuff we'd learned by my Aunt Vovey. The protections of the bankruptcy system, the promise of the Consumer Privacy Ombudsman, as well as where her data could end up. So knowing all of this, what do you want to do with your 23andMe data?
Last week, I ran all the stuff we'd learned by my Aunt Vovey. The protections of the bankruptcy system, the promise of the Consumer Privacy Ombudsman, as well as where her data could end up. So knowing all of this, what do you want to do with your 23andMe data?
Yeah, I just, I don't want the possibility that my data would get into the wrong hands. So let's delete it. I mean, make it all go away.
Yeah, I just, I don't want the possibility that my data would get into the wrong hands. So let's delete it. I mean, make it all go away.
Yeah, I just, I don't want the possibility that my data would get into the wrong hands. So let's delete it. I mean, make it all go away.
And with that, Vovi and I were off to 23andMe's website to tell them that it was time to let my genome go. We just go into your settings.
And with that, Vovi and I were off to 23andMe's website to tell them that it was time to let my genome go. We just go into your settings.
And with that, Vovi and I were off to 23andMe's website to tell them that it was time to let my genome go. We just go into your settings.
Settings.
Settings.