Canadians who have used 23andMe to learn more about their family ancestry could soon cash in on a massive proposed settlement against the company, if they’re eligible.

Toronto-based law firm KND Complex Litigation announced on Wednesday that a proposed settlement has been reached in the class actions filed in October 2023 and September 2024 against the genetic testing company.

The class actions were filed in response to a data breach that exposed users’ highly sensitive and valuable personal information. 23andMe identified and disclosed the data breach in October 2023 .

In December that year, the DNA testing company revealed that hackers accessed data of nearly 6.9 million of its users in total.

In a statement to Daily Hive at the time, a 23andMe spokesperson said that the 14,000

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