Sure thing! Sorry for the infodump, it was late, I was tired, and this intersects with several of my interests to the point that I had strong opinions on it. ;P
But yes, I feel you'd be doing anyone who is on 23andMe a solid good turn by helping them take their data off and deleting it. That IS the scary thing about all of this: it's so unregulated, and frankly...this is not a cultural moment in this country where I'd want to rely on the benevolence of J. Random Company to protect my privacy or not be evil.
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But yes, I feel you'd be doing anyone who is on 23andMe a solid good turn by helping them take their data off and deleting it. That IS the scary thing about all of this: it's so unregulated, and frankly...this is not a cultural moment in this country where I'd want to rely on the benevolence of J. Random Company to protect my privacy or not be evil.
Also, note that you need to tell them to delete your data AND to destroy your biosample in separate places on the site: https://abc7news.com/post/how-delete-23andme-data-destroy-genetic-samples-amid-bankruptcy-announcement/16076687/ So make sure you do both of those.