3The leaders of the Home Committee on Power and Commerce stated they’re investigating how 23andMe’s chapter would possibly have an effect on clients’ information.
Representatives Brett Guthrie, Gus Bilirakis, and Gary Palmer (all Republicans) sent a letter Thursday to the genetic testing firm’s interim CEO Joe Selsavage asking quite a lot of questions on how 23andMe will deal with buyer information if the corporate is bought.
The letter additionally says that some clients have reported issues deleting their information from the 23andMe web site, and it notes that direct-to-consumer firms like 23andMe are usually not lined by the protections of the Well being Insurance coverage Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
“Given the shortage of HIPAA protections, the patchwork of state legal guidelines protecting genetic privateness, and the uncertainty surrounding what occurs to buyer data ought to a sale of an organization or buyer information and data transpire, we’re involved that this trove of delicate data is liable to being comprised,” the representatives write.
23andMe, which settled a data breach lawsuit for $30 million final yr, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in March, with co-founder and CEO Anne Wojciki saying she was resigning to turn out to be a personal bidder for the corporate.
