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