Insurance companies and employers are explicitly prohibited from using 23andMe's services or accessing genetic information through these Terms.
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The restriction operates as a condition of service eligibility by excluding specific institutional entity types from accessing 23andMe's platform. This limitation may reflect regulatory requirements or service-specific operational constraints related to genetic data handling by institutional users.
The updated Terms now apply only to users who live outside the United States, Canada, EEA, UK, and Switzerland, or who access the Services from outside those regions. US, Canadian, EEA, UK, and Swiss users are directed to region-specific Terms instead. Additionally, when terms for a specific Service conflict with the main Terms, the specific Service terms now govern that portion of your use rather than the main Terms controlling. The mandatory arbitration provision remains in the document but is no longer prominently featured at the very beginning of the Terms.
View change record →The updated Terms of Service now apply exclusively to users in the United States, narrowing the geographic scope from the prior version that addressed users in multiple regions. The terms now contain a prominently featured mandatory arbitration provision that requires disputes to be resolved through individual arbitration on an individual basis rather than through jury trials or class action lawsuits. This means that if a user has a dispute with 23andMe, the updated terms require arbitration as the method of resolution instead of traditional litigation. Additionally, if a user purchases additional services, the main Terms of Service (including the arbitration provision) will control any conflicting terms from those additional services. You can review the complete updated Terms of Service through the link provided in the document.
View change record →The updated terms now apply only to users who live outside or access services outside the United States, Canada, EEA, UK, and Switzerland. Previously, the terms applied to US-based users. The terms also clarify that when service-specific terms conflict with the general Terms of Service, the service-specific terms will govern that particular service rather than the general terms controlling all conflicts. This means users of additional services may operate under different dispute resolution and governance procedures depending on which service they are using.
View change record →While 23andMe prohibits employers and insurers from using their services directly, this restriction does not prevent third parties from accessing your data if you share it, and enforcement relies on contractual representation rather than technical controls.
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"You are not an insurance company or an employer— Excerpt from 23andMe's 23andMe Terms of Service
This provision reflects compliance with the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and state genetic privacy statutes. However, the restriction is enforced only through contractual representation — a user warranty — rather than technical access controls, which may present residual risk in enterprise or commercial use contexts.
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The restriction operates as a condition of service eligibility by excluding specific institutional entity types from accessing 23andMe's platform. This limitation may reflect regulatory requirements or service-specific operational constraints related to genetic data handling by institutional users.
While 23andMe prohibits employers and insurers from using their services directly, this restriction does not prevent third parties from accessing your data if you share it, and enforcement relies on contractual representation rather than technical controls.
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