Current Stance

23andMe's current policy states that it will not share users' information with law enforcement without a warrant. The company maintains a transparency report detailing the number and nature of law enforcement requests it receives.

The Golden State Killer Case

The use of genetic databases for criminal investigations gained widespread attention with the arrest of the Golden State Killer in 2018. While that case involved a different genetic database (GEDmatch), it highlighted the potential for law enforcement to use these resources in ways that many customers never anticipated.