Kentucky attorney general asking people who used 23andMe to delete genetic date from site

Kentucky attorney general asking people who used 23andMe to delete genetic date from site

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is urging people in the state who have used 23andMe to delete their genetic data from the site.

Customers Of California Genetic Data Company Advised Of Rights

Genealogy is a big thing for many Kentucky residents and many have had their DNA checked, looking for unknown relatives across the country and beyond. But, with one of the companies that provide that service filing bankruptcy, state officials are issuing warnings to Kentuckians who may have used that service. Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman issued a consumer alert Wednesday, encouraging Kentuckians to protect their genetic data followi…

AG urges Kentuckians to delete 23andMe data

Attorney General Russell Coleman is urging Kentuckians to protect their genetic data following 23andMe’s bankruptcy announcement, according to a news release.

Coleman urges Kentuckians to protect genetic data

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman issued a consumer alert on Wednesday, and as part of it is encouraging Kentuckians to protect their genetic data following 23andMe’s recent bankruptcy announcement.

Attorney general warns Kentuckians to protect DNA data amid 23andMe bankruptcy

Attorney general Russell Coleman issued a consumer alert to Kentuckians to protect their genetic data.

Attorney General Coleman issues data warning after 23andMe files bankruptcy

Following the news that consumer DNA testing service 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, Attorney General Russell Coleman encouraged Kentuckians to delete their genetic data on the site for personal protection.Coleman said that Kentuckians have privacy rights under the Kentucky Genetic Information Privacy Act, giving consumers the right to delete their data and the right to obtain "the destruction of any samples of genetic material." We have laws in p…