Podcast - Who Owns Your DNA? Lessons Learned from 23andMe
State AG Pulse | CT AG Reacts to Genetic Data Breach
In the first episode of a "Florida Capital Conversations" new healthcare privacy series, Tallahassee healthcare attorneys Shannon Hartsfield and Eddie Williams discuss the evolving landscape of genetic data privacy, focusing...more
23andMe’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing has sparked significant concerns over the privacy and security of genetic data belonging to its 15 million customers. Founded in 2006, 23andMe built its business around...more
On March 23, 2025, 23andMe Holding Co. (“23andMe”) filed for bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Missouri, potentially setting in motion the sale of genetic data collected from more than 15 million people. This has led to...more
Some app developers know more about our health than our doctors do. Take, for instance, FitBit, which is attached to our wrist and measuring in real time our temperature, our heart rate, our steps and whether we have had...more
In the top three of the list of highly sensitive personal data to be concerned about is our medical information. It’s so sensitive because it is so personal. It used to be that our medical information was located in paper...more
The advent of 23andMe, ancestryDNA, and other direct-to- consumer genetic testing products permit patients, from the comfort of their own homes and personal computers, to identify and assess their unique risk of developing...more
On January 12, 23andMe announced an agreement with Pfizer to provide the drug company with access to anonymous, aggregated information from consumers who bought 23andMe’s test over the past seven years to learn about their...more