OpenSNP, a large open-source repository for user-uploaded genetic data, will shut down and delete all of its data at the end of April, co-founder Bastian Greshake Tzovaras has confirmed. In a blog post, openSNP’s Greshake Tzovaras attributed the decision to shut down the site due to concerns of data privacy following the financial collapse of 23andMe and the rise in authoritarian governments around the world.
Founded in 2011 by Tzovaras, along with Philipp Bayer and Helge Rausch, openSNP became
