Settlement Status
On September 13, 2024, Plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary approval of a proposed class action settlement with 23andMe which would resolve all claims asserted in this litigation.
If the settlement is granted Court approval, a settlement administrator will be appointed to provide notice to members of the settlement class, to oversee distribution of settlement funds and services to class members, and to host a dedicated settlement website which will provide information about the settlement and allow class members to submit claims online. Please check this page periodically for updates.
Case Overview
Keller Rohrback L.L.P. partner Cari Campen Laufenberg was appointed to serve as Co-Lead Counsel in this litigation involving a data breach announced by 23andMe on October 6, 2023.
On August 11, 2023, a cybercriminal posted to an online forum advertising a stolen data set of personal information belonging to 23andMe users. In early October 2023, 23andMe user data appeared for sale on a second cybercrime forum. Upon investigation, 23andMe learned that a subset of the personally identifiable information (PII) data in its possession had been accessed by unauthorized individuals and the compromised data contained names, genders, dates of birth, ancestors’ birth locations and family names, family tree information, profile pictures, geographic locations, and genetic information such as maternal and paternal haplogroup results and predicted relationships with genetic matches. 23andMe has admitted this breach compromised the highly sensitive personal information of approximately 7 million users.
On April 11, 2024, our action and other related actions were consolidated in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and are proceeding before The Honorable Edward M. Chen. Plaintiffs filed a Consolidated Class Action Complaint on June 26, 2024, and a motion for preliminary approval of proposed class action settlement on September 13, 2024.
Protecting Your Private Information
The Federal Trade Commission’s website provides resources and information regarding steps to take if you’ve been exposed to a data breach.
For copies of case hearing transcripts, please visit https://www.23andmedatabreach.com/.
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