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Account deletion triggers automatic and permanent downstream consequences — removal from Research and sample discardment — that the user may not be able to reverse.
The reader may delete their 23andMe account at any time; doing so causes 23andMe to automatically opt them out of Research and discard their biological sample.
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Account deletion triggers automatic and permanent downstream consequences — removal from Research and sample discardment — that the user may not be able to reverse.
The reader may delete their 23andMe account at any time; doing so causes 23andMe to automatically opt them out of Research and discard their biological sample.
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