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23andMe Agrees to $18m Settlement, New Data Security Mandates

After cracking down on 23andMe's lax security measures, a coalition of 42 US attorneys general, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, has secured an $18 million settlement and binding data-protection commitments to safeguard customer information. This move comes after a 2023 data breach put millions of 23andMe customers at risk of having their personal info exposed.

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