Richard Branson involved in deal to take 23andMe to go public

09/02/2021 | The Guardian

Privacy advocates are concerned over plans for genetic testing company 23andMe to be made public through a partnership with a company backed Richard Branson. “The question in all situations like this is where the data is going and why these different companies and investors have a financial interest in your genetic data,” said Jennifer King, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI who has studied 23andMe.

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