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In the article:
"On Friday, the Attorney General in 23andMe's home state of California issued a consumer alert advising customers to delete their data from the site given the company's "reported financial distress."

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q4r9

23andMe DNA testing kit, showing the box which has lots of colourful stripes on it, and some plastic tubes.
BBC News23andMe files for bankruptcy protectionThe company said that it will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court.

Great news from New Mexico, USA

"The Senate Bill would strengthen privacy protections for electronic patient records by requiring health care providers and other entities to segregate some patient health care information, including data related to reproductive and gender-affirming care. If passed, user access to the information would be limited to people or entities with written authorization from the patient."

sourcenm.com/2025/02/27/advoca

[en] DOGE "God-mode situation" in US federal agencies

"That sounds like our worst fears come true"

"At least one #DOGE ally appears to be working to open back doors into systems used throughout the federal #government."

"... they’d have bank-account ... for every single person ..."

"There’s reason to believe that #health information may be next"

theatlantic.com/technology/arc

#cybersecurity #healthcaresecurity #cdc #healthdata #privacy #godmode #backdoor #theatlantic #atlantic @infosec @privacy

The Atlantic · DOGE Has 'God Mode' Access to Government DataBy Charlie Warzel

🔐The horizons of what is possible with #healthdata continues to expand every day, but what does this mean for #datasecurity and #privacy?
💭Get insight into solutions with this event from Danish Life Science Cluster and NCC-DK, Danmarks Nationale Koordinationscenter for Cybersikkerhed

👥Jennifer Bartell, of the National Health Data Science Sandbox and Center for Health Data Science (#HeaDS), will be there sharing her perspective.

🗓️ 5 March
📍Aarhus
👉🏻 Register: danishlifesciencecluster.dk/ar

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6/ Beyond articles, the CDC has already begun removing or altering health data on its website, including statistics on HIV and youth risk behavior. Experts fear this could distort public health efforts and hinder the ability to track diseases within key demographics. #HealthData #PublicHealthCrisis