23andMe Tries To Cover Themselves From Being Sued For Being Pwned By Altering Their Terms Of Service
Hot on the heels of the disclosure of how bad the 23andMe hack was, and the rumblings of lawsuits related to that, it is now coming to light that 23andMe might be trying to blunt any attempts to sue them via a change to their terms of service. This came to my attention via this post on Mastodon. Here’s the relevant part:
So in short, if you don’t send them an email rejecting the change in their terms of service, which you can read here and specifically this part, you will give up the ability to be part of the class action lawsuits that are being filed or take action in court against them. What they’re counting on is that nobody is going to read this in detail and send them an email saying “no I don’t agree to these terms”. Thus limiting their exposure to the class action lawsuits that are likely to be filed. This is pretty sneaky by 23andMe and they need to be called out for this.
While I am not a lawyer, you should email 23andMe and reject this change. Then I would lawyer up for the class action lawsuit that we all know is coming.
January 4, 2024 at 5:01 pm
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