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Alexa Mikhail, Beth Greenfield

23andMe users are being urged to delete their data. Here's how to do it

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Whether in search of relatives, a family's country of origin, or to understand personal disease risk, 15 million people have shared their DNA with 23andMe since the genetic test site launched in 2006.

But now those who gave their saliva in exchange for genetic information and family history are being urged by California Attorney General Rob Bonta to request that the Sunnyvale-based company delete their data and destroy any samples of their genetic material.

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