Me has agreed to pay $30 million after a class action suit was brought against the company for last year's data breach.

Personal information for nearly half of the popular genetic testing company's customers -- 6.9 million people -- were exposed ...

I’ve become insatiable for personal data at a time when companies such as Ancestry, 23 & Me, Hertility, Thriva, Zoe and more are providing customers with a world of personal information — from ...

On Wednesday, Ancestry CEO Margo Georgiadis wrote in a blog post that the company is laying off 6% of its 1,700-person workforce, or roughly 100 employees. In the post, Georgiadis cited the ...

A resident in the apartment directly below Van Huss told police that, in the early hours of March 23, he heard screams ... the case with forensic genetic genealogy -- a new investigative tool ...

Legal systems are constantly changing and many people are fairly optimistic. They hope that new laws will create a better, ...

Here's how to delete your DNA and data from 23andMe, Ancestry, and Helix. The recent arrest in one of California's most infamous serial-killer cases was based in large part on a DNA sample ...

For the Johnsons -- cousins of the Rand family, who are featured in "CNN Presents: Black in America" -- the answer arrives in the form of a certificate from African Ancestry Inc., a Maryland-based ...

Luis Armando Albino was six years old in 1951 when he was abducted while playing at an Oakland, Calif., park. Now, more than ...

Teens, ages 9 to 13, are invited to learn the basics of genealogical research at a series of Beginner Genealogy Workshops ...