House Lawmakers Launch Probe Into 23andMe’s Handling Of Customer Data Post-Bankruptcy

The Hill (4/17, Nazzaro) reports a group of House Republicans “launched a probe Thursday into 23andMe’s handling of customers’ sensitive data following the company’s filing for bankruptcy last month.” House Commerce and Energy Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Gary Palmer (R-AL) sent a letter asking the company “to state its data privacy and security protections for former customers if the business chooses to sell the personal information in either a standalone sale or as part of a sale of the company.” They noted that “Americans’ personal health information is shielded under federal privacy laws that restrict the release of medical information, but direct-to-consumer companies like 23andMe are not covered under these laws.”