Even in the US, California requires 23andme to "bank" the DNA and store it for 10 years along with the name and PII. This is available to authorities.
You cannot request for this to be deleted or destroyed by law.
You cannot request for this to be deleted or destroyed by law.
I've not seen it reported, & when I last checked (long ago), 23andme seemed to allow a customer to decide whether their sample was retained beyond the current round of tests.
And, if it were a current requirement, wouldn't this Nebula offering be prohibited in California?
https://stanforddaily.com/2018/10/17/me-asl-23-and-me-is-not...
It’s a California “lab quality” law.
Instead, it's said to be kept for at most 10 years, & even that is in a paragraph describing what happens if a customer specifically chooses optional storage!
Further, if you're referencing 23andme's own privacy/terms documents, those also repeatedly pledge that samples are irreversibly destroyed upon request.
So while I can still believe your original claim might be true – California requires many dumb & anti-privacy things, sometimes in dishonest ways! – the links you've forwarded provide more grounds to doubt your claim than support it.
If it's truly a state legal requirement that overrides a user's explicit discard request for a full 10 years, that should be easy to document with a clear and authoritative link, shouldn't it?
Those all seem to be misinformation without support from, and even in contradiction of, public/authoritative references – despite the assertion that these are a matter of "law".