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Thinking About Deleting Your 23andMe Data? Here’s Why It Matters

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There’s an interesting article by Bryan McKenzie in UVA Today (3-28-2025). Here’s an excerpt:

“… Virginia is one of the states that has consumer information protection laws. Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act took effect Jan. 1, 2023, giving consumers the right to have inaccuracies corrected, obtain copies of the information a company holds about the customer, and opt out of advertising or profiling based on their information or the sale of their information.

“It also allows consumers to require companies to delete personal data, whether the consumer provided it or the company collected it.

“Here’s how to delete data on the 23andMe website:

  1. Log into your account and go to “settings.”
  2. Scroll to “23andMe data” and click “view.”
  3. Scroll to “delete data” and click on “permanently delete data.”
  4. Confirm your deletion request.

“Although that process will delete most personal information, to delete your DNA test sample from 23andMe records requires additional action: Log into your account, go to settings and then to preferences and follow the prompts. …”

https://news.virginia.edu/content/thinking-about-deleting-your-23andme-data-heres-why-it-matters?utm_source=DailyReport&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

 

 

23andMe Files for Bankruptcy: What Genealogists Need to Know

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Here’s a useful article about what is going on with the 23andme chapter 11.

23andMe Files for Bankruptcy: What Genealogists Need to Know

On Sunday, March 23, 23andMe–one of the world’s largest consumer genetic testing companies–announced that it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company also revealed that its CEO and co-founder, Anne Wojcicki, has stepped down and it appears that she is positioning herself as a potential buyer.

According to its official statement, 23andMe has initiated voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings and intends to continue operating as usual throughout the process. If approved by the bankruptcy court, 23andMe will seek to sell all of its assets in an effort to restructure. …

 

 

Meeting Date Change

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Our meeting date for April has changed from April 8 to April 15, 2023.  This will be a hybrid meeting.  Jean Cooper will be our in person speaker at the Church and we will also broadcast her presentation by Zoom.  More information about the presentation in a few days.

Meeting June 11, 2022

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Our meeting on June 11, 2022, will be at 10 am at the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS Church).  It will be a hybrid meeting. You can attend in person at the Church or via Zoom.  The Zoom link will be sent out on Friday evening.

CVGA member, Diane Inman, will be doing a presentation called “Remembering the Fallen” which is about the World War II military personnel from our area who died during the War.

RootsTech 3-5 March 2022

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Just a reminder that RootsTech is a virtual online event and is FREE.  The speakers and the seminars are wonderful. You can access the site 24 hours a day.  To participate in all that is being offered, you do need to register which means you will have to establish an account at FamilySearch.  It is easy.  You provide a user name and password and then register.  Here is the website:  https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/next/registration/

Albemarle County Chancery Cases Being Scanned

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“The Library of Va. has started scanning the chancery cases that Shelby Marshall sent to the Library back in the 1970s. Supposedly they have the cases before 1912. In conserving the cases still at the Courthouse I found a few that were missed and they have picked them up now. So maybe late this year or next we will be able to look at them on line. They told me Albemarle has at least 50 bankers boxes of cases.”

For more information, check out:
https://www.facebook.com/albemarlechancerypreservationproject/about/?ref=page_internal

Daughters of Zion Cemetery Has New Website

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Edwina St. Rose has informed us that there is now a website for the Daughters of Zion Cemetery in Charlottesville: https://daughtersofzioncemetery.org/ The website also has an index of the name of people known to be buried at this cemetery, with information about them, clips of obituaries, etc. The recovery of information about the people buried here is an on-going project, so remember to recheck it at various times to see if anything new has surfaced about individuals you’re interested in.