Me, a standard-bearer for the at-home health movement, announced on March 23 that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to facilitate a sale, prompting many of its 15 million customers to wonder: What happens to my genetic data now?

The genetic testing firm won permission from a judge to try to sell information about customers’ medical and ancestry-related data, a trove that is considered the most valuable asset in the

Me’s IT systems saw a surge in traffic as people scrambled to delete DNA and genetic data before it's sold in bankruptcy proceedings.