<ul><li>OpenSNP, a repository for user-uploaded genetic data, will shut down and delete all its data by the end of April.</li><li>The closure is attributed to concerns of data privacy following the financial collapse of 23andMe and the rise in authoritarian governments around the world.</li><li>OpenSNP was founded in 2011 as an open repository for customers of genetic testing kits to upload their test results and find others with similar genetic variations.</li><li>The shutdown also reflects concerns over potential abuse of genetic data and the removal of public data from US government websites.</li></ul>

Genetic sharing site openSNP to shut down, citing concerns of data privacy and ‘rise in authoritarian governments’

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