U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Judge Lucy Koh approved Anthem’s $115 million settlement for its 2015 data breach, Bloomberg Law reports. Anthem had reached the settlement with 19.1 million of its customers in June while maintaining it did not conduct any wrongdoing. The class group will receive a pool of $15 million, with each member potentially claiming up to $10,000 to cover out-of-pocket expenses tied to the breach, as well as free credit monitoring. Anthem also agreed to alter its data security practices, such as using encryption to protect sensitive data.
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