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Filing: 23andMe will pay $30M to settle a lawsuit for failing to protect the privacy of 6.9M customers whose personal info was exposed in a 2023 data breach

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  • @richardlawler Richard Lawler on threads
    I've never been as disgusted by a company's response to a data breach (yes, 23andme, I called it a data breach and will continue doing so) as this one.  They leaked data on 6.9 million people because of how their DNA Relatives feature worked and their decision not to proactively …
  • @iamvishnurajan.bsky.social Vishnu on bluesky
    So, the personal data here is worth [does quick math] a little over $4 per person [embedded post]
  • @jgreigj Jon Greig on x
    The $30 million settlement allows #23andme to deny “any wrongdoing whatsoever,” and includes a clause saying it can't “be construed or deemed to be evidence of or an admission or concession” https://therecord.media/...