23andMe Judge Approves Canadian Data Breach Deal, Legal Fees

The judge overseeing the 23andMe bankruptcy proceeding granted final approval of a $3.25 million settlement with more than 300,000 former Canadian customers in a class action seeking damages related to a data breach.

Judge Brian C. Walsh of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri signed off on the deal during a Tuesday hearing. He had preliminarily green-lighted the settlement last year, along with others involving US clients.

After 23andMe, now called Chrome Holding Co., sold its assets last year, it established different agreements in the bankruptcy to settle thousands of claims arising from a 2023 data ...