23andMe says it won permission from a judge to sell customers’ medical and ancestry data. Here’s how to delete yours

23andMe headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (Credit: Tayfun Coskun—Anadolu/Getty Images)

• Bankrupt 23andMe will be allowed to sell customers’ genetic data to other companies. The company claims its security measures surrounding the data will remain in place, but its privacy policy says it can change those procedures at any time. 23andMe customers do have a way to delete their genetic and ancestral data, however.

A U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled DNA-testing company 23andMe, which filed for bankruptcy Sunday,  has the right to sell customers’ medical and ancestry data to potential bidders. Offers will be due on May 7, and a final hearing will be held in June.