I mean do it, but don't believe that they do anything other with your data as flagging it as that it should show up for you as deleted while it's still unaltered in the database.
It's not just a problem if you got a test done, your data is exposed if family members got tests too. So you might need to bug them too. But I don't know if the company will actually delete the info if you ask them them too.
Is there a way to request my info to be deleted even if I never sent them anything? Like, maybe my relatives did and then linked my personal info or something?
The data is based on a sample, so unless your relatives collected a phial of spit from you and didn't tell you why, there's not a lot they would really have. Maybe name and DOB based on a family member adding it to a family tree, but you can likely just ask your family of they did that. IIRC, that's a premium feature anyway.
I mean do it, but don't believe that they do anything other with your data as flagging it as that it should show up for you as deleted while it's still unaltered in the database.
GDPR might want a word about that
It's not just a problem if you got a test done, your data is exposed if family members got tests too. So you might need to bug them too. But I don't know if the company will actually delete the info if you ask them them too.
What incentive do they even have?
Theoretically legal repercussions, but if they'll be bankrupt, they don't really care.
Exactly.
Is there a way to request my info to be deleted even if I never sent them anything? Like, maybe my relatives did and then linked my personal info or something?
Or is that being too paranoid?
That would be an interesting legal case. If the data is able to identify you, is it not your data?
The data is based on a sample, so unless your relatives collected a phial of spit from you and didn't tell you why, there's not a lot they would really have. Maybe name and DOB based on a family member adding it to a family tree, but you can likely just ask your family of they did that. IIRC, that's a premium feature anyway.
Don't forget to also delete their backups and derivations sold to partners.
Joke's on you, I never gave it to them in the first place.