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- 123andMe DNA data sale renews privacy fears for relatives●Consumer DNA databases expose your relatives too, even ones who never sent a sample. 23andMe was breached in 2023, then
23andMe suffered a 2023 data breach, filed for bankruptcy in 2025, and moved to sell its database of roughly 15 million customers' genetic data as an asset. Privacy advocates are warning that consumer DNA databases expose not only customers but also their relatives who never submitted a sample. People are being urged to download a copy of their data and delete their genetic information from the platform.