Tag Archives: 23andMe

This week’s crème de la crème — September 27, 2025

Posted on September 27, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsAncestry and the NRS – when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly and Major relaunch of PRONI website later this year, and other news from the archive by Chris Paton on … Continue reading →

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23andMe to be sold to its cofounder and former CEO

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Gail Dever

A US bankruptcy judge on Friday approved the sale of 23andMe to the nonprofit TTAM Research Institute, owned by cofounder and former CEO of 23andMe Anne Wojcicki. The sale will ensure that the DNA of the company’s customers will not be transferred to … Continue reading →

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23andMe failed to protect customers’ data, Canadian and UK investigation finds

Posted on June 18, 2025 by Gail Dever

DNA testing company 23andMe did not take adequate safety precautions to protect their customers’ data and ignored warning signs ahead of a massive data breach almost two years ago, according to a joint investigation by privacy commissioners in Canada and … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 24, 2025

Posted on May 24, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsIndigenous Stories of the Klondike Gold Rush: Part 1 – The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in by Jill Henderson on UBC Digitization Centre Blog. NARA’s two databases ease searches of its collection of 1.7 … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 29, 2025

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsThe right to remember the past: Opening Chinese immigration records in Canada’s national archives by Laura Madokoro on Active History. Learn for Free: Big Genealogy Sites’ Blogs and Videos by Marian … Continue reading →

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23andMe’s filing for bankruptcy protection makes users question what to do with their DNA data

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Gail Dever

If you stayed off social media yesterday and didn’t watch or listen to the news, you may have missed the story that genealogists were talking about. Genetic testing firm 23andMe said on Sunday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 12, 2024

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew Ontario Newspapers Online by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. “Porter Talk”: Podcasting and the Power of Oral History by Stacey Zembrzycki on Active History. Court Records Added to FamilySearch AI … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 28, 2024

Posted on September 28, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew Free to View on the British Newspaper Archive and FamilySearch Labs Experimental Search Watch by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. 10 Details Not to Miss on Italian Vital Records by DiAnn … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 21, 2024

Posted on September 21, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsEfforts to get Ukrainian archive records online advances nationwide by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Easier Searching of Merchant Seaman Records at TNA and ProbateTV by John Reid … Continue reading →

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Privacy authorities for Canada and the UK launch joint investigation into 23andMe data breach

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Gail Dever

The privacy authorities for Canada and the United Kingdom have launched a joint investigation into the data breach that was discovered in October 2023 at genetic testing company 23andMe. Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne and UK Information Commissioner John Edwards will investigate … Continue reading →

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