What happens when a company loses a bunch of user data?
Typically, they apologize and sheepishly beg for forgiveness.
Not so with 23andMe.
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At that point, 23andMe told the public thatonly about 14,000 accountshad been compromised.
In other words, 23andMe feels like saying that this whole data debacle isnt really its fault.
The company only instituted mandatory 2FA after users data was stolen.
Is there a way around the arbitration clause?
According to Zavareei, there are some hypothetical scenarios in which victims could pursue traditional litigation.
We dont have any indication that is their intent.
Or, hypothetically, impacted customers could contest the companys arbitration clause.
That said, both of those possibilities dont seem particularly likely.
Gizmodo reached out to 23andMe for comment but did not hear back.
We will update this story if it responds.
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