23 and me data fuckery

This isn’t the first deal where 23andMe has allowed companies to use their (your) data for their research. The company makes up to $199 when you buy one of their spit kits and send in your DNA, but their business model has always depended on leveraging the data they amass as a result. The company has previously made similar, though smaller, deals with Genentech and Pfizer.

But only if you agree to it. When you sign up for 23andMe, the company asks you if you’re okay with your data to be used for research. You sign a research consent form that explains, in vague terms, what might happen to your data. Most 23andMe customers decide to opt in, the company says.

https://vitals.lifehacker.com/what-you-re-really-agreeing-to-when-you-sign-up-for-23a-1828034397

• Companies like 23andMe frequently share customer DNA data with what they call "third parties."

• Ancestry, another genetics-testing company, had a partnership with Google's life-extension spinoff Calico to study the genetics of longevity.

https://www.businessinsider.com/dna-testing-ancestry-23andme-share-data-companies-2018-8