Date Initiated: 04/10/2018
Any U.S. resident who used a credit, debit, or other payment card to make a point-of-sale purchase at an affected Forever 21 store while payment card data at the store was at risk.
Date Initiated: 10/21/2021
Any U.S. resident who used a credit, debit, or other payment card to make a point-of-sale purchase at an affected Forever 21 store while payment card data at the store was at risk.
Hameed-Bolden, et al. v. Forever 21 Retail Inc., et al, Case No.: 2:18-cv-03019 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Date Initiated: 04/10/2018
The plaintiffs in the Forever 21 data breach lawsuit claim the company was responsible for a security incident that took place between about April 13 and Oct. 24, 2017, and allege the company is guilty of breach of implied contract and violating California consumer protection laws.
Any U.S. resident who used a credit, debit, or other payment card to make a point-of-sale purchase at an affected Forever 21 store while payment card data at the store was at risk.
A list of the affected stores is available on the settlement website.
Date Initiated: 10/21/2021
The Court preliminarily approved this settlement Oct. 21, 2021.
Two types of payments are available to Class Members who file a claim:
Expense Reimbursement claims cover out-of-pocket expenses resulting from the breach, such as unreimbursed bank fees, long-distance phone charges, internet usage charges, and more, and up to $135 in costs incurred toward credit monitoring, identity theft insurance or similar products purchased by the Class Member between April 13, 2017, and July 1, 2019.
If fraudulent charges were incurred on a payment card, the Class Member may receive $25 in compensation for inconvenience associated with up to one hour of lost time, plus an additional $25 per hour for up to four hours of documented lost time.
If such charges did not occur, the Class Member may claim up to three hours of lost time at $25 per hour spent dealing with the security incident, but only if at least one full hour was spent.
To claim an Extraordinary Expense Reimbursement, the Class Member must show an actual, documented, unreimbursed monetary loss; must show that loss was more likely than not caused by the data breach; must show the loss was incurred between April 13, 2017, and March 21, 2022; must show that the loss was not already covered by one of the Expense Reimbursement categories; and must show a reasonable effort was made to either avoid the loss or seek reimbursement for the loss, including exhausting credit monitoring and identity theft insurance options.
The deadline to opt out of or object to the settlement is March 21, 2022.
The claim deadline is also March 21, 2022.
The claim deadline was March 21, 2022.
