23andMe changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing

Post by wackycat » Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 5:17 PM UTC

kelthan wrote: post #12

Automatically opting-in customers to a more restrictive TOS is pretty suspect, especially given the timing. IANAL, but I'm pretty sure that a court would not allow that, given that the TOS was changed AFTER the breach and it's pretty clear that the company is trying to avoid legal issues after-the-fact. I would expect the court would evaluate any breach under the TOS that was in effect at the time of the breach, rath…

Post by duxup » Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 5:19 PM UTC

brianwawok wrote: post #4

adocomplete wrote: post #2

Thanks for sharing. Will def opt out and roll into the class action suits already filed. Take security seriously people. Especially when dealing with super sensitive data.

Why did you send them your DNA? It was pretty obvious from day 1 that sending some random startup on the internet my DNA was a bad move.

Post by Log_out_ » Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 5:20 PM UTC

apwell23 wrote: post #36

verve wrote: post #7

To duck out of the new ToS, just write this email to legal@23andme.com-- To Whom It May Concern: My name is [name], and my 23andMe account is under the email [email]. I am writing to declare that I do not agree to the new terms of service at https://www.23andme.com/legal/terms-of-service/ .

> If you do not notify us within 30 days, you will be deemed to have agreed to the new terms. WTF. This is outrageous. And I had find that email in my spam after I read this comment. Hope this POS company goes down in flames after this.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 5:23 PM UTC

xvector wrote: post #27

d2049 wrote: post #21

I would have presumed that security-minded people, which includes those who work in tech, would not so easily give away their genome, and that most of 23andMe's customers are a slice of the general population. But then I read about things like WorldCoin and that people who go to startup parties jump at the chance to give away scans of their retinas and I'm befuddled. Why would anyone willingly do that?

I am a security engineer. When I signed up for 23andme, I assumed with certainty that it would be hacked and all data leaked at some point. I balanced that with the value of knowing potentially important health/genetic bio markers. In the end, I valued knowing these bio markers above the privacy of my genome. The former is actionable and I can use it to optimize my health and longevity; the latter is of vague value a…

Post by drivers99 » Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 5:26 PM UTC

croes wrote: post #78

micromacrofoot wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most of the time we're leaking our DNA all over the place by existing

So you would be ok if governments around the world have sample of yours and store it in a database?