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Legal questions on 23andMe data sale raised by US states, privacy ombudsman

By Mike Swift ( June 12, 2025, 19:12 GMT | Insight) -- Even as a large, bipartisan group of US states sues to block the sale of bankrupt 23andMe’s genetic and other personal data, a court appointed privacy ombudsman issued a report late yesterday saying the sale of data could violate the bankrupt company’s privacy policies and other laws.With more than half of US states now seeking to block the sale of genetic data by bankrupt 23andMe without consumer consent, a court-appointed privacy ombudsman reported that the proposed data sale could violate 23andMe’s privacy policies and non-bankruptcy laws....

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