Melissa Jacoby
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Planet Money
How 23andMe's bankruptcy led to a run on the gene bank
And the author of a book on just debts, how our bankruptcy system makes America more unequal.
Planet Money
How 23andMe's bankruptcy led to a run on the gene bank
You don't think I talk at a bar like a robot? I have no idea what you're talking about.
Planet Money
How 23andMe's bankruptcy led to a run on the gene bank
A qualified bidder can't buy the genetic data set on its own, and... The qualified bidder has to promise that they are going to keep the privacy commitments that 23andMe had going into this bankruptcy case intact.
Planet Money
How 23andMe's bankruptcy led to a run on the gene bank
It still has to comply with the law. And by the law, I don't just mean bankruptcy law, but I do mean all the other oversights that come from privacy law, antitrust law. foreign security concerns and the like.