San Francisco-based genetic testing firm 1Health.io, which was previously Vitagene, has agreed to pay $75,000 to resolve the Federal Trade Commission’s allegations that it violated customer data privacy, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future. Aside from allegedly implementing inadequate security for collected health and genetic data, 1Health.io has also been accused of changing its privacy policy without customer consent, as well as deceiving customers regarding its data deletion policies, said the FTC.

Source: SC Magazine