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Companies say they delete your data. ZeroKept is how they prove it.

Independent verification that samples and data were destroyed, starting with DNA testing labs.

Talk with the founder How it works

Deletion certificate

Example record

Kit ZK-0000-EXAMPLE, tracked by code only

  • Lab destruction scanRecorded
  • Waste vendor recordMatched
  • Encryption keyDeleted

All three sources agreeThe record is timestamped so it can't be changed later, and anyone can check it.

DNA companies promise privacy. None of them can prove it.

DNA is permanent. It identifies a person and their relatives, and it can never be reset like a password.

6.9 million

23andMe accounts exposed in the 2023 breach, later settled for $30 million. Source

$305 million

Paid for 23andMe's customer genetic data in its bankruptcy sale. Source

12 of 90

DNA companies in one study explicitly ruled out sharing genetic data. Source

How it works

ZeroKept plugs into a lab's existing workflow and acts as the independent party a lab can't be for itself.

  1. Track by code

    Every kit is known by a code, never a name, and results are encrypted so only the customer can open them.

  2. Verify destruction

    The lab's scan, the waste vendor's record and the deleted encryption key are checked against each other.

  3. Issue a certificate

    When all three agree, a tamper-proof certificate is issued that customers, auditors and regulators can check.

What ZeroKept never does

  • Touch a sample. ZeroKept is not a testing lab.
  • See, buy or sell genetic data.
  • Ask customers to use wallets, tokens or anything crypto.

We're talking with labs before we build

ZeroKept is in its research phase. We're speaking with accredited relationship testing labs about how they handle samples and data after testing, and whether anyone has asked them to prove deletion.

If you run or work at a lab, we'd value 20 minutes of your perspective. We're happy to share what we learn across labs in return.

Email zach@zerokept.com