Retention & Deletion · Permission or license
Your sample is stored in a US biobank or destroyed per your registration choice; it cannot be returned
You agree that Ancestry may either store your sample and any extracted DNA in its biobank located in the United States, or destroy any remaining sample and extracted DNA after your sample has been processed, based on the option you selected when registering your AncestryDNA test. Once submitted, your sample, including any extracted DNA, cannot be returned to you.
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You agree that in order to facilitate your use of DNA Services, we may directly or through other companies who help us provide DNA Services:
Store your sample and any extracted DNA in our biobank located in the United States, or destroy any remaining sample and extracted DNA after your sample has been processed—based on the option you selected when registering your AncestryDNA test; once submitted to us, your sample, including any extracted DNA, cannot be returned to you.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Which of the two outcomes applies depends on the option selected at registration.
Retention & Deletion · User right or choice
You can withdraw biobanking consent and have your sample destroyed; Ancestry may also destroy samples for quality
You may withdraw your consent for biobanking at any time, and Ancestry will destroy your sample and any extracted DNA. Separately, in certain cases Ancestry may destroy samples or extracted DNA at its own discretion to maintain biobank quality levels.
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You may withdraw your consent for biobanking at any time, and we will destroy your sample and any extracted DNA.
In certain cases we may destroy samples and/or extracted DNA at our discretion to maintain biobank quality levels
Not stated here
- The text does not say how withdrawal is made or what happens to DNA Data and results already generated.
Retention & Deletion · Permission or license
Ancestry owns indexes and compilations that include Your Content and may keep using them after deletion
You agree that Ancestry owns any indexes and compilations that include Your Content and may use them after Your Content is deleted.
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You also agree that Ancestry owns any indexes and compilations that include Your Content and may use them after Your Content is deleted.
Not stated here
- The text does not define what counts as an index or compilation.