{"id":465,"date":"2021-02-09T22:45:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/fears-over-dna-privacy-as-23andme-goes-public-in-deal-with-richard-branson\/"},"modified":"2021-02-09T22:45:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:45:58","slug":"fears-over-dna-privacy-as-23andme-goes-public-in-deal-with-richard-branson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/fears-over-dna-privacy-as-23andme-goes-public-in-deal-with-richard-branson\/","title":{"rendered":"Fears over DNA privacy as 23andMe goes public in deal with Richard Branson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genetic testing company with 10 million customers\u2019 data has \u2018huge cybersecurity implications\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The genetic testing company 23andMe will go public through a partnership with a firm backed by the billionaire Richard Branson, in a deal that has raised fresh privacy questions about the information of millions of customers.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2006, 23andMe sells tests to determine consumers\u2019 genetic ancestry and risk of developing certain illnesses, using saliva samples sent in by mail.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/feb\/09\/23andme-dna-privacy-richard-branson-genetics\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f18bafa2daa8f2e16a0e59d4e23ea4192a325d21\/0_26_2788_1673\/master\/2788.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3c0ca0441c971d8c55415bedca5b70ed\" title=\"Fears over DNA privacy as 23andMe goes public in deal with Richard Branson\" \/>Genetic testing company with 10 million customers\u2019 data has \u2018huge cybersecurity implications\u2019<br \/>\nThe genetic testing company 23andMe will go public through a partnership with a firm backed by the billionaire Richard Branson, in a deal that has raised fresh privacy questions about the information of millions of customers.<br \/>\nLaunched in 2006, 23andMe sells tests to determine consumers\u2019 genetic ancestry and risk of developing certain illnesses, using saliva samples sent in by mail. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genetic testing company with 10 million customers\u2019 data has \u2018huge cybersecurity implications\u2019 The genetic testing company 23andMe will go public through a partnership with a firm backed by the billionaire Richard Branson, in a deal that has raised fresh privacy questions about the information of millions of customers. Launched in 2006, 23andMe sells tests to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/fears-over-dna-privacy-as-23andme-goes-public-in-deal-with-richard-branson\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fears over DNA privacy as 23andMe goes public in deal with Richard Branson<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}