If 23 and Me goes bankrupt, they will sell all of the biometric data they’ve collected over decades to the highest bidder. Why can’t the US government step in to purchase the company and establish a public trust?
If 23 and Me goes bankrupt, they will sell all of the biometric data they’ve collected over decades to the highest bidder. Why can’t the US government step in to purchase the company and establish a public trust?
I couldn’t think of any public trust that’s going to benefit to a buy out like this.
To me, it totally makes sense for a private entity/ corpo to handle private data [with consent] from its clients.
I see this as more like the old 23andMe had a private service going on that can’t the public sector doesn’t. It doesn’t make sense for the government the size of USA to prioritize/suddenly adjust policies and provide the same service.
What could be possible is for local governments to step up via public petitions – but even that could be a stretch in terms of cash-in-hand.