[WendyTheWillow]

We’re not actually seeing the kinds of boogeymen people like to trot out when this kind of data is leaked. Nobody is conducting banned genetic research, nobody’s insurance rates are going up, nobody is getting ethnically cleansed as a result of this info…

A few stolen identities, some bank fraud, but largely the systems in place can handle it. It’s caught at the other end.

If you want big fines, prove big consequences.

[93po]

A single stolen identity can cause years of emotional harm and turmoil. Someone’s life is often completely uprooted from this. That one person alone should receive significantly more than $75k

[WendyTheWillow]

A single car accident can end a life, yet we drive cars. The value gained by technology like 23andme is vastly outweighs the cost of some occasional negligence or theoretical harm.

Besides, if you can find a specific person who was specifically harmed by this exact breach, I bet you could sue for damages, and get more than $75k.

[93po]

If I significantly harm someone with my car, even unintentionally, I do in fact get sued successfully for far more than $75k

[WendyTheWillow]

Which is my point; there's no "significantly harm" here at a large scale, and if there is one at an individual scale, that person can sue.

The $75k fine is exactly proportional to the complete lack of concrete harm done. Nobody gets fined for cars existing.