3rd leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce said they investigate how the bankruptcy of 23andme can influence the data of customers.
Representatives Brett Guthrie, Gus Bilirakis and Gary Palmer (all Republicans) sent a letter Thursday at the Interim -CEO of the genetic test company Joe Sels advocation asks a number of questions about how 23andMe handles customer data when the company is sold.
The letter also says that some customers have reported problems that have removed their data from the 23andme website, and it notes that direct-to-consumer companies such as 23andMe are generally not covered by the protection of the portability and accountability act (hipaa) of the health insurance policy.
“Given the lack of hipaa protection, the patchwork of the state laws that relate to genetic privacy, and the uncertainty about what happens to customer information when a sale of a company or customer data and information transpires, we are concerned that this series of sensitive information runs the risk of being the risk,” the representatives write.
23andme, that Arranged a lawsuit For $ 30 million last year, submitted in March for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, in which co-founder and CEO Anne Wojciki said she resigned to become a private provider for the company.
