Ethan Schenker

The genetic testing company formerly known as 23andMe has agreed to pay $18 million to 42 states to settle litigation stemming from a 2023 breach that exposed sensitive personal data of nearly 7 million customers. The company, now called Chrome Holding Co., filed the proposed settlement agreement Tuesday in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2025.

New Jersey is holding off enforcement of a sweeping data broker law that went into effect immediately after its enactment on June 30, following outcry from businesses about its record-setting registration fees and confusion about its scope. The New Jersey Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Affairs wrote in an alert late Friday that businesses don’t need to comply with the data broker registry or annual registration fee requirements established under the law until June 2027.