DNA testing giant 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit over a data breach that exposed the personal information of 6.4 million customers in 2023.
The proposed class action settlement, filed Thursday in a San Francisco federal court and awaiting judicial approval, includes cash payments for affected customers, which will be distributed within ten days of final approval.
“23andMe believes the settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable,” the company said in a memorandum filed Friday.
and that’s reason #2 why i won’t get my dna tested.
Yep, and here’s the simple litmus test.’
“Do I trust any of the people who are collecting large amounts of data about a large number of people?”
No…and furthermore, hell no.
But your dumb cousins on both sides did, and now they have a lot of genetic data on you, anyway
To or anyone wondering, that’s about $4.69 per person
I’m rich! My dumb sister did this…
My mom told me she did this. I was so pissed. Can I sue her for violating my privacy?
Its so crazy how our society individualizes privacy, but when you give up your own privacy, usually you’re giving up someone else’s privacy.
This isn’t talked about and shamed enough. You willingly gave your phone to the border control agent? Thanks, now they have all my nudes that I sent you with trust, and they uploaded them to the Internet.
That’s it?
This is gonna sound condescending but I promise it’s coming from a place of genuine curiosity.
Who would stand to profit from leaked genetic information? Like, yes, it’s bad that they didn’t have that data better secured, but, like, what is anyone going to do with the knowledge that I’m 35% French?
Unless I’m completely missing the point and there was other information (card info. Addresses, etc) leaked?
I’m sure they made $600 million through this breech somehow?
