{"id":1209259,"date":"2023-12-06T16:20:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209259"},"modified":"2023-12-06T16:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:20:29","slug":"23andme-changes-arbitration-terms-after-hack-impacting-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209259","title":{"rendered":"23andMe changes arbitration terms after hack impacting millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1230824302-800x534-1.jpg\" alt=\"23andMe changes arbitration terms after hack impacting millions\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1230824302.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"683\" data-width=\"1024\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/signage-at-23andme-headquarters-in-sunnyvale-california-u-s-news-photo\/1230824302\">Bloomberg \/ Contributor | Bloomberg<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Shortly after <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2023\/12\/hackers-stole-ancestry-data-of-6-9-million-users-23andme-finally-confirmed\/\">23andMe confirmed that hackers stole ancestry data of 6.9 million users<\/a>, 23andMe has updated its terms of service, seemingly cutting off a path previously granted to users seeking public accountability when resolving disputes.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=38532331\">post on Hacker News<\/a>, the &#8220;23andMe Team&#8221; notified users in an email that &#8220;important updates were made to the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration section&#8221; of 23andMe&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.23andme.com\/legal\/terms-of-service\/#dispute-resolution-arbitration\">terms of service<\/a> on November 30. This was done, 23andMe told users, &#8220;to include procedures that will encourage a prompt resolution of any disputes and to streamline arbitration proceedings where multiple similar claims are filed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the email, 23andMe told users that they had 30 days to notify the ancestry site that they disagree with the new terms. Otherwise, 23andMe users &#8220;will be deemed to have agreed to the new terms.&#8221; The process for opting out is detailed in the site&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.23andme.com\/legal\/terms-of-service\/#dispute-resolution-arbitration\">ToS,<\/a> instructing users to send written notice of their decision to opt out in an email to arbitrationoptout@23andme.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1989247#p3\">Read 10 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1989247&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1989247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23andMe changes arbitration terms after hack impacting millions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg \/ Contributor | Bloomberg) Shortly after 23andMe confirmed that hackers stole ancestry data of 6.9 million users, 23andMe has updated its terms of service, seemingly cutting off a path previously granted to users seeking public accountability when &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209259\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1209260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1209259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1209259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1209260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1209259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1209259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1209259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}