It's worth pointing out that this is a pro-corporate attack by the US/california government against citizens who have their data in 23andme. This is one more item of clear evidence that it is not the citizens government, but corporations government. This is also why democrats lose. They can't even wrangle corporate power in their own stronghold states.<p>Politicians have the responsibility of creating legislation to protect citizens, but by abandoning that responsibility and creating an "opt-out" system, those without knowledge or who aren't paying active attention lose, and companies win. The company loses almost nothing if a handful of people opt out, and only a handful of people at most will opt out, so corporations win, the politicians continue to have the support of corporations so they win, and citizens who have things being done with their data, that they absolutely would not consent to, lose.<p>*edit: If you did 23andMe for health information or ancestry purposes, would you consent to that data being sold to an insurance company who might raise your rates, or in a crazy world, to a background check company that would inform a potential employer of any medical conditions that might be relevant to your stability as a worker?<p>Of course not. You would absolutely not consent to that.<p>This policy of warning people to delete their data instead of stopping action that no informed citizen would consent to not only doesn't scale, but it is an abandonment of responsibility in order to retain corporate support (such as donations to run a campaign).