Why hasn’t Ancestry been sued then? I know there were issues around GEDmatch a while ago (never used them) in terms of privacy. Nothing I’ve read in Ancestry’s Privacy Statement says that they can legally retain data after you’ve requested deletion for an indefinite time. Are you sure it’s Ancestry you’re thinking of and not another company?
I contacted the store I got it from - they looked through every Twist they have an unfortunately all of them are scratched like that. 🙁 Does Pelikan usually have QC issues? I wouldn’t expect perfection on a cheap pen but that many being scratched seems pretty bad.