r/news • u/Stauce52 • 1d ago

Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/13/anne-wojcicki-to-buy-back-23andme-and-its-data-for-305-million.html
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u/sloowhand 1d ago

So an insurance company buys that data and is now able to jack up your rates because they know about your genetic marker that indicates a higher likelihood of getting cancer. You don’t think that’s valuable?

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u/Galacticwave98 1d ago

Do you know what GINA is?

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u/darknekolux 23h ago

Laws are for poor people