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In March 2025, the FTC chairman warned that bankruptcy did not remove 23andMe's privacy commitments. On June 30, the company announced court approval of a $305 million sale to TTAM Research Institute and said TTAM committed to existing privacy policies in perpetuity, with additional safeguards.
The connection is between transferable business assets and continuing constraints on their use. Ownership changing does not, by itself, establish permission to repurpose genetic information. The valuable follow-up is whether the promised choices and protections were implemented—not simply whether a buyer was found.
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- Research draft. Conclusions may change; review the sources and limitations before relying on them.
- Research draft: not independently verified and not actively monitored. This is a dated research lead, not a verified conclusion.
- The June announcement describes approval and an expected closing, not proof of closing or a privacy audit. An FTC letter is not a judicial finding that a specific later use was unlawful.