2026-05-28 11-31-45

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Good morning everyone,
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Rob Bonta,
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California Attorney General,
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and I want to say thank you all for joining this morning
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virtually as we announce a lawsuit against
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Chrome Holding Company,
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formerly known as 23andMe,
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for violating multiple California data privacy and
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consumer protection laws.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
In 2023,
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my office began an investigation into 23andMe.
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for its failure to implement and maintain reasonable security
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measures resulting in a catastrophic data breach,
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and for its misleading statements to the public before and after
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the breach.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
This wasn't just exposed usernames and user preferences.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
It was consumers' sensitive personal information and
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data related to consumers' health.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
genetic predispositions and risk factors,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
biological relatives,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
ancestry,
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and ethnicity.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
As I've said before,
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your data belongs to you.
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and only you.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Not to a company and certainly not to someone who illegally bought or
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
stole it.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
When companies like 23andMe fail to protect your data and lie about it,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
especially sensitive personal data,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
then we are compelled to act.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Before I get into the details,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
I'd like to thank my colleagues at the California DOJ,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
in particular our Consumer Protection Section and its Privacy
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Unit.
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for putting this lawsuit together and consistently working to protect consumers when
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
companies fail to safeguard their data.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Originally founded 20 years ago in San Francisco,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
23andMe was the world's first and one of the largest direct -to -consumer genetic
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testing companies that used an at -home saliva sample
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to provide users with their raw,
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uninterpreted genetic sequence and reports on health risks,
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wellness, ancestry,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
and biological relatives.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
But the company's innovation quickly turned catastrophic when in October
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2023, the company announced a major data breach affecting nearly
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7 million users across the country,
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including nearly 900 ,000 Californians.
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For five months,
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a threat actor exploited consumers' tendency to use weak or
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
common passwords or to reuse passwords through a well -known cyber
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attack technique called credential stuffing that businesses
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holding sensitive data can and should be guarding against
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Here, the threat actor used credentials exposed during other data
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breaches, including from a highly publicized breach of another genealogy site,
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MyHeritage,
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that had partnered with 23andMe.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
23andMe knew that many users of its site also had accounts
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with MyHeritage and had even encouraged its customers to create accounts with both companies,
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but never checked for or prevented credential reuse,
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even after its partner was breached.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
After breaching these 23andMe accounts,
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the threat actor used 23andMe's DNA relatives,
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a feature that allowed DNA -related customers to share
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information and contact each other to crucially exploit a coding
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error and steal additional information
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from about nearly 7 million customers nationally.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
On March 21st,
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2025, after receiving reports of 23andMe's imminent bankruptcy filing,
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my office issued a consumer alert to educate customers on how to delete
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sensitive genetic data held by the company.
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Around 3 million users around the country submitted deletion requests,
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including me,
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by the way.
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Two days later,
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23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and its CEO
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resigned.
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We also took action to challenge the company's sale of Californians'
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genetic information in the bankruptcy.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
That challenge remains pending in the U .S.
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District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
and it's separate from and unrelated to the
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action being announced today.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
I just want to be clear about that.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
That is a separate action unrelated to the action being
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announced today.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
In today's lawsuit,
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which is about the deficient data security practices and
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breach of consumer trust that led to 23andMe's bankruptcy,
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we make clear that 23andMe failed to implement and
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maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of
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the personal information it maintained.
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It failed to protect personal information from unauthorized access,
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destruction,
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use, modification,
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or disclosure it made untrue.
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and misleading statements about its security measures with the intent
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to induce members of the public to
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its services and products.
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And in doing so,
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it violated California's Genetic Information Privacy Act,
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Reasonable Data Security Law,
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Consumer Privacy Act,
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False Advertising Law,
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and Unfair Competition Law.
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California has some of the strongest privacy protections in the world,
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and we're here to put them to use,
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to make them meaningful for Californians.
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Let me be clear,
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in California,
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we will always protect the privacy and safety of all consumers.
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23andMe is not above the law.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
This data breach and the company's handling of it was
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entirely unacceptable,
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and it also came at a deeply troubling time.
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The breach came to light after the data of one million consumers were
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offered for sale on the dark web,
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specifically touting that the data belonged to Asian American Pacific
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Islanders and Jewish users.
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This was during the same time as a disturbing increase in anti -AAPI
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and anti -Semitic hate and violence in our nation.
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Following the breach,
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23ME worked to hide and downplay both the breach's severity and 23ME's
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responsibility for it.
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It simultaneously engaged in ransom negotiations with
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the threat actor while telling consumers that there was no data security incident
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within its systems.
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The company then catered to the threat actor's demands and paid $400 ,000
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in cryptocurrency for the threat actor to destroy the stolen data.
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report the exploited security vulnerabilities,
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and provide a cover story that mitigated the severity of
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the breach.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Instead of protecting their customers,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
23andMe left them vulnerable to an attack and then lied to
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consumers about it.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
California stands up against corporations that play fast and loose with our data,
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corporations that think compliance is optional.
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Consumers deserve accountability.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Today,
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we're asking the court to deliver it.
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Justice isn't just about feeling safe in your neighborhoods and communities.
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It's also about feeling safe from companies that promise and fail
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to protect your data.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Reasonable data security is not a suggestion.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
23andMe may not have put consumers first,
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but...
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California does.
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Finally,
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before I open it up to questions,
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I'd like to take a moment to thank my team who's been leading this work and fighting the good fight.
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They don't do it for the recognition,
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but they deserve it,
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and I'm going to give it to them.
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Titi Wen, Daniel Nadal,
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Ian Hogg,
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Belinda Chan,
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Stacey Chesser,
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Barney Eskandari,
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and Nicholas Akers.
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Thank you to a great team doing great work every day,
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standing up for our consumers,
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our Californians,
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and their rights.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And now I am happy to take any questions that you might have.
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If you'd like to ask a question,
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you may do so by hitting the raise hand icon at the bottom of the screen.
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S… Speaker 3 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
You can also submit through the Q &A feature.
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S… Speaker 3 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Please state your publication when you ask your question.
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First question is from Adam.
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California has already announced several data privacy enforcement
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actions this year,
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both from your office and CalPrivacy.
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S… Speaker 3 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Why is privacy enforcement ramping up right now?
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And do you expect this to continue?
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
I definitely expect it to continue.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And I don't know if it's necessarily ramping
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up or the conduct that requires our enforcement just
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happened to occur at a,
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you know,
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in a similar timeframe.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We defend the...
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privacy rights of the people of California.
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We enforce the laws that protect and support those rights.
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And when there are breaches and there are violations,
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we step in.
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And so the corporations
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that have responsibilities and duties under the
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law
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will determine when and if we enforce.
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And so we have had to enforce recently.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We've had some significant privacy law
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enforcement actions.
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And this,
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among with many other things,
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that we prioritize all at the same time will continue to be a priority.
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And so should there be additional violations
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by corporations going forward,
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you will see additional enforcement action.
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S… Speaker 3 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Next question comes from Rachel.
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You are now unmuted.
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Hi there.
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My name is Rachel Morrow,
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KQED.
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I guess you could say the proverbial horse has left
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the barn and it's been a few years.
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What possible remedies could the court offer
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that would be meaningful at this juncture?
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You know,
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a few dollars.
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The information is now out there and available,
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as you say, for sale on the dark web.
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S… Speaker 4 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Well,
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
This action is mostly about civil penalties under the
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different state statutes that I set forth and that we believe 23andMe
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violated.
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
They need to be held accountable.
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
There's no such thing as a pass when it comes to bailing.
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
to maintain appropriate privacy protections,
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lying about it.
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And so we're here seeking accountability.
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We are continuing to,
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in other venues,
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in other separate,
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different cases,
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completely separate from this case,
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seeking to protect Californians' data.
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And we're also going through a bankruptcy procedure.
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
But it's never the wrong time to seek accountability.
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
23andMe does not get a pass and this case is primarily about holding
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them accountable by ensuring that the laws that the people of
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the state pass through their legislators are applied and
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that civil penalties as appropriate are required
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to be paid by 23andMe and imposed.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Thank
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S… Speaker 4 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
you. Next question comes from Sasha.
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You are now unmuted.
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S… Speaker 3 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
So my question is about Paramount
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Warner Brothers.
11:28
S… Speaker 3 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
I wanted to ask what your thoughts are on the chances of
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settling Paramount Warner Brothers or settling a
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potential challenge to the deal and also what you think of Paramount hiring
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litigators like Jeff Kessler to defend the deal.
11:44
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Thanks for the question.
11:48
S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
So with respect to who Paramount hires,
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or any company hires in any case that we're involved in,
11:55
S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
they're free to hire whoever they want.
11:57
S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We feel very confident in our cases when we bring them.
12:00
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We feel very confident in the incredible talent in our office,
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the attorneys that we have.
12:04
S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We'll take anyone.
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who is on the other side of a case with us when we decide
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to bring one because we feel we're going to win.
12:15
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We base our cases based on the facts and the law.
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And when we have those things in our corner,
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we feel very confident going into any courtroom in the country and
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going against any party,
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no matter how big or powerful they are or any attorney,
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no matter how high paid,
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experienced or talented the attorney is.
12:34
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We don't worry about that.
12:37
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I guess I'm indifferent to whoever they're hiring and not surprised.
12:41
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And I know that,
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you know,
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
we always expected that they would have great attorneys on their side and that's not an issue for us.
12:49
S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We haven't decided what
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we're going to do here yet.
12:54
S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
So I think it is a little premature to talk about settlement
12:59
S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
for something that we were not even taking an action on yet,
13:04
S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
as I've said,
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and I'll say it again here.
13:07
S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
This is not a done deal.
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Regulatory scrutiny has not been cleared.
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Our office is engaged now in
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an investigation into the proposed merger,
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and there are red flags everywhere on this case.
13:20
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And we haven't made a final decision yet,
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but we are concerned about increases in price,
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lower wages,
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jobs,
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job loss.
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less competition,
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less quality,
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less choice,
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all the things you might.
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Think about generally when you consider a corporate merger,
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especially in an industry where there's already been corporate consolidation.
13:45
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So we're concerned and we're looking.
13:49
S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Our investigation is ongoing and we'll make a decision in
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a timely way, either to act or not to act.
13:56
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And then we'll determine what action we're going to take.
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And I will say that we're always,
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you know, just generally,
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this is a general statement.
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S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We're prepared to take cases all the way to trial and get a verdict.
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We're also prepared to engage in discussions in good faith that get to a result
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that we think is appropriate,
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fair, and just.
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That hasn't changed and won't change,
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but it requires our standards to
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be met, our demands to be met in order to agree
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to a resolution before getting
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a full trial verdict or case judgment.
14:37
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Thank you.
14:38
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Thank you.
14:39
S… Speaker 4 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Next question comes from Cassandra.
14:42
S… Speaker 4 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
You are now unmuted.
14:45
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Hi,
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this is Cassandra Coyer from Bloomberg Law.
14:49
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
The press release mentions that the investigation
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was a partnership between California and a
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multi -state coalition.
15:00
S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Could you share more about other states' involvement here and
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how to hand out?
15:05
S… Speaker 3 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Sure.
15:08
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
The breach that occurred
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here involved residents of
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
many states, and so there were many who were impacted in some of the ongoing
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litigation,
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including the bankruptcy proceedings that involved
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23andMe,
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involved multiple.
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all of whom are impacted.
15:32
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And so when there is a sort of a
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common action here,
15:38
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
a massive catastrophic privacy breach that
15:42
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
impacts multiple states,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
it's not uncommon for the states to work together to all
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
be involved in protecting each of their respective residents and to
15:53
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
take action as they see fit for their respective
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
state. Sometimes that leads to
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
global resolution where all the states agree to some,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
you know, certain outcome.
16:04
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Sometimes states move on their own.
16:07
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And I think you're seeing some of that here,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
that there's both collective action and then there's some individual action,
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at least when it comes to California bringing this lawsuit today.
16:16
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If I may ask a follow -up really quickly,
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why in this particular case did
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California decide to pursue litigation alone?
16:29
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And just to be clear,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
you're talking about the suit that we're bringing today.
16:32
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Yes.
16:33
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I can
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talk and speak for what.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
we decided to do here.
16:40
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And other states,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
I think, can speak for themselves regarding what they decide to do or what they
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elect not to do.
16:47
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
But we think accountability is really important.
16:50
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We have some of the strongest privacy laws in the nation,
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if not the strongest.
16:56
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
There are some laws,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
including the GIPA,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
the California's Genetic Information Privacy Act,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
that are specifically geared towards exactly this type of data.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
and exactly this type of failure by a company.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And these laws aren't meant to sit on shelves and gather dust.
17:14
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
They're meant to be on the street and be enforced and be
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implemented.
17:18
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And so we're just implementing them straight up.
17:21
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
The laws that exist in California,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
whether it be the Genetic Information Privacy Act,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
reasonable data security law,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
false advertising on UCL.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
or of course our California Consumer Privacy Act.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
They're all important.
17:35
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
They all need to be enforced.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
So we're forcing them in a way that holds 23andMe accountable
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
under the law.
17:42
S… Speaker 5 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Thanks so much.
17:45
S… Speaker 5 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Next question comes
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from Mike.
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You are now unmuted.
17:54
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Yeah.
17:55
S… Speaker 6 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Hi, it's Mike Swift at MLEX.
17:56
S… Speaker 6 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Thanks for taking my question.
17:57
S… Speaker 6 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
It looks like from the complaint that you're seeking a
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S… Speaker 6 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
civil penalty of up to $1 ,000 for each violation of the GIPA
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and up to $7 ,500 for each intentional
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violation of the CCPA.
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S… Speaker 6 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Can you say like what the total exposure might be?
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S… Speaker 6 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
in terms of dollars if you're successful in getting
18:23
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
all that.
18:23
S… Speaker 6 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And then secondly,
18:24
S… Speaker 6 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
I was hoping you could also talk a little bit about the
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fact that the information of Asian
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Americans and Jewish people were leaked on the dark web.
18:36
S… Speaker 6 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Does that make it seems particularly chilling?
18:38
S… Speaker 6 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Is that another motivation of bringing this suit?
18:42
S… Speaker 3 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Thanks.
18:44
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Sure.
18:45
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And you're right about the civil remedies,
18:47
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
the civil penalties.
18:48
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We definitely anticipate the
18:53
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amount of civil penalties should we be successful in
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
our case and those penalties be imposed on 23andMe to be
19:01
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
in the multiple millions.
19:02
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Hard to be more specific beyond that,
19:05
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
but, you know.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We're not in the hundreds.
19:07
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We're not in the thousands.
19:08
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We're not in the tens of thousands.
19:09
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We're not in the hundreds of thousands.
19:10
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We're in the millions,
19:11
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
the multi -millions.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
So significant penalties would flow based on the conduct
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that we believe that we can
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and will prove in a court of law and that 23andMe needs to be held accountable
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
for. I do want to make a point here that the Genetic
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Information Privacy Act,
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GIPA,
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the penalties that arise
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out of
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
that specific law would flow to victims.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And that's under the statute.
19:41
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
So just to be clear about where those specific
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penalties would go,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
they would go back to victims.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
The disclosure of
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
genetic information around ethnicities,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
particularly regarding Asian Americans and Jewish Americans at
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
a time when they're
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
was a rise in anti -API hate and anti -Semitism is
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
part of a fact.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
It's a chilling fact.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
It's a significant fact.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
It's not the only fact that we've taken
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into consideration here,
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but it is part of what happened.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And it's a problem.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And it's disturbing.
20:28
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And it's wrong.
20:29
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And it could have been prevented.
20:30
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And it could have and should have been prevented.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And 23andMe shouldn't have lied about their failures
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
and shouldn't have had the failures in the first place to protect.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
people's,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
you know, Californians' data.
20:42
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
So I know that that particular fact stands out,
20:46
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
and I think it should,
20:48
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
but it's one of many important factors
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
that have led us to bringing this lawsuit.
20:54
S… Speaker 3 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Thank
21:01
S… Speaker 5 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
you. Next question comes from Lily.
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S… Speaker 5 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
You're now unmuted.
21:05
S… Speaker 3 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And
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appreciate the chance to ask a question here.
21:13
S… Speaker 4 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
I was just wondering if the bankruptcy proceedings affect
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your legal action in any way?
21:21
S… Speaker 4 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Can that be wielded somehow to,
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S… Speaker 4 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
you know,
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basically limit the liability that they
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S… Speaker 4 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
would end up having to,
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S… Speaker 4 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
the amount of money that they'd have to pay out as a result of this lawsuit should
21:36
S… Speaker 5 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
you succeed?
21:38
S… Speaker 2 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
Potentially.
21:39
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
There's definitely potential interplay between the bankruptcy
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
proceeding and this lawsuit that we're bringing today.
21:45
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
We think that under our
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
authority to bring state law enforcement claims in state court,
21:52
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
we are fully within our authority to bring this case and
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
bring these claims and hold 23andMe accountable in the way
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
that we're seeking.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
And should we prevail as we believe we will and secure a
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
judgment that imposes civil penalties on 23andMe
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
as we believe we will,
22:12
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
we would need to work through the
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bankruptcy to collect any judgment that we obtain.
22:19
S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
So there's that nexus.
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
So I guess the short answer is yes,
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S… Speaker 1 (2026-05-28 11-31-45)
there is a nexus.

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