Whoever buys 23andMe should be required to keep customer data private, according to the US Federal Trade Commission. The FTC weighed in on 23andMe’s sale today, a week after the DNA testing company filed for bankruptcy.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is concerned about the potential sale or transfer of Americans' personal information by 23andMe ancestry testing company that recently filed for bankruptcy, the agency's chairman said on Monday.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday warned genetic testing firm 23andMe to honor its promise to protect people's personal information as it navigates bankruptcy."Any bankruptcy-related sale or transfer involving 23andMe users' personal information and biological samples will be subject to the representations the company has made to users about both privacy and data security,