The settlement provides for three main types of compensation, with a maximum payout of up to $10,000 for specific claims

Victims affected by a massive 23andMe data breach could collect a heck of a paycheck. A proposed settlement agreement would offer up to $10,000 to victims. Under the settlement that still needs court approval,

Ancestry company 23andMe agreed to settle a multi-million class action lawsuit that accused it of not protecting its users’ data.

Personal information for nearly half of the popular genetic testing company's customers -- 6.9 million people -- were exposed in the data breach.