Wawa to give $9 million payout to consumers in legal settlement
The settlement also requires Wawa to implement and continue to maintain significant enhancements to its data security measures.
Wawa and a group of consumers have reached a settlement of litigation stemming from a data security incident that occurred in 2019 across its 860 locations.
As part of the settlement, Wawa will have to give up to $8 million in gift cards, and cash reimbursements of out-of-pocket costs capped at $1 million in aggregate
The case emerged from malware being discovered on Wawa payment processing servers. The malware affected customer payment card information used at most Wawa locations beginning at different points in time after March 4, 2019 and until it was contained on December 12, 2019.
The settlement also requires Wawa to implement and continue to maintain significant enhancements to its data security measures.
“The settlement compensates three types of customers via different monetary awards – those who used their cards at Wawa and did not experience fraudulent charges on their cards and who spent time monitoring their payment card or other accounts, those who did experience fraudulent charges on their cards, and those who incurred out-of-pocket costs as a result of the data breach,” stated the counsel for the consumer class.
Wawa, one of the most popular convenience and fuel brands in the U.S., also said that they “will continue to work diligently to protect your information and enhance our cybersecurity resiliency.”
