23andMe Settlement Claim Form: Eligibility, Payouts, and Delays

The 23andMe settlement claim form is no longer being accepted. The filing deadline was February 17, 2026, and the court granted final approval of the $30 million settlement on January 30, 2026. If you submitted a claim before the cutoff, there is nothing more to do right now: payments are on hold while 23andMe’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reconciliation plays out, and the settlement administrator has warned the wait could run several months or longer.

What It Means if You Didn’t File

The settlement website does not list any option for late claims.¹ Class members who neither filed nor opted out by December 29, 2025, are still bound by the settlement’s release of claims against 23andMe, but they will not receive a cash payment or the monitoring benefit. The opt-out window has also closed, so pursuing a separate lawsuit over the October 2023 breach is no longer available through that route.

Who the Claim Form Was For

You qualified as a settlement class member if you were a 23andMe member between May 1, 2023, and October 1, 2023, lived in the United States during that period, and received a notice from 23andMe confirming your personal information was compromised in the attack.² That notice carried the Unique Claimant ID the form required. Claimants who had lost the notice could retrieve the ID on the settlement site by entering the email address tied to their 23andMe account.

The class was far wider than the roughly 14,000 accounts the attacker broke into directly. Because the attacker pulled profile and family tree data through the DNA Relatives feature, the class also included the approximately 5.5 million users whose profile information was scraped and the 1.4 million whose family tree data was accessed, even though their own login credentials were never stolen.

What the Three Claim Types Paid

The $30 million fund was divided into three tiers, with a collective $8.3 million reserved for extraordinary claims.³

The Statutory Cash Claim, estimated at $100, was available only to class members who lived in Alaska, California, Illinois, or Oregon at some point during the breach window. The form required an attestation of residential address in one of those states between May 1, 2023, and October 1, 2023.³

The Health Information Claim, up to $165, was available if 23andMe’s notice told you that your health information specifically was involved, meaning your raw genotype data, health-predisposition or wellness reports, carrier-status reports, or self-reported health conditions. No documentation beyond the claim form was required.³

The Extraordinary Claim, up to $10,000, covered documented out-of-pocket losses tied to the breach: identity theft protection costs, professional fees paid to resolve fraud, or losses from unauthorized financial transactions. This tier required supporting documentation, and claimants typically needed to upload receipts, bank statements showing fraudulent charges, or correspondence with credit bureaus. A written narrative explaining the specific steps taken and why they were necessary was expected on larger claims, so the administrator could judge whether the losses traced to the breach rather than a pre-existing problem. Time spent on breach-related tasks such as changing passwords or freezing credit required a sworn attestation of hours.¹

Every class member who filed also became eligible for five years of Privacy & Medical Shield plus Genetic Monitoring at no cost.¹ Claimants who selected the benefit on their form can enroll in the monitoring service at any point during the five-year term.

What the Form Required

The form asked for legal name, current mailing address, a valid phone number, and the Unique Claimant ID from the settlement notice. Matching that information to 23andMe’s records was how the administrator verified identity. For statutory and health information claims, that plus a payment method selection was the whole submission. Extraordinary claims added the documentation and narrative described above.

How Claims Were Submitted

The official portal at 23andMeDataSettlement.com accepted claims electronically through an online form that walked users through each section and generated a confirmation code after filing. Paper submissions were also accepted: a printed form, filled out by hand with any supporting documentation attached, mailed to the settlement administrator and postmarked by February 17, 2026.¹

Why Payments Are Delayed

The court held the Final Approval Hearing on January 20, 2026, and approved the settlement on January 30, 2026.¹ Payments would ordinarily begin shortly after. They have not, because of 23andMe’s corporate collapse.

On March 23, 2025, 23andMe Holding Co. and 11 affiliated companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.⁴ The company’s assets were sold to TTAM Research Institute, with the sale closing on July 14, 2025. 23andMe Holding Co. then changed its legal name to Chrome Holding Co., and the bankruptcy case continues under that name.¹

Settlement payments will not be distributed until the bankruptcy reconciliation is resolved, and the settlement website warns that process could take several months or longer.¹

What To Do if You Already Filed

Nothing right now. The claim is in the queue, final approval is in place, and the delay is procedural rather than something a claimant can act on. Keep the confirmation code from your submission, watch the mailing address and email on file for updates, and check 23andMeDataSettlement.com periodically for the projected payment date, which the administrator has said will be posted as the bankruptcy proceedings move forward.

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23andMe Data Settlement. In re: 23andMe, Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation
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ABC27. Deadline to File Claim in $30M Settlement Over 23andMe Data Breach Nears
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23andMe Data Settlement. 23andMe Settlement Claim Form – Frequently Asked Questions
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Kroll Restructuring Administration. 23andMe Holding Co – Restructuring Administration Cases