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Genetic data is an another asset to be exploited – beware who has yours | John Naughton

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23andMe was one of those vaunted unicorns’ (privately held startups valued at more than $1bn ) back in the day , but is now facing harder times.

Its share price had fallen precipitately following a data breach in October 2023 that harvested the profile and ethnicity data of 6.9 million users.

There have been internal disagreements between its board and CEO and co-founder, Anne Wojcicki .

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