Top Class Actions  |  January 19, 2021

Category: Closed Class Actions

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GODIVA SETTLEMENT UPDATES:

  • Readers reported this settlement paying out up to $162.62 as of mid-February 2022.
  • Congratulations to everyone who filed a claim and got PAID!

  • The Court granted final approval in this settlement May 13, 2021.
  • However, appeals have been filed.
  • Claims will not be paid until appeals are resolved.
  • Top Class Actions will provide case updates as they become available.

Godiva Chocolatier will pay up to $6.3 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed the company’s U.S. retail stores printed receipts that included too much of the payment card number.

Anyone who made a purchase with a credit or debit card at a U.S. Godiva retail store between April 6, 2013, and Nov. 20, 2015, and received a point-of-sale receipt displaying more than the last five digits of the card number is eligible to take part in the Godiva settlement. 

Class Members in the Godiva settlement who submit a valid claim form are expected to receive about $55 to $60. The final amount will depend on the number of valid claims filed.

The plaintiff who filed the class action lawsuit alleged Godiva’s willful printing of receipts that included more than the last five digits of the payment card number violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, or FACTA.

Congress passed FACTA in 2003 in an effort to help protect consumers from identity theft.

Without FACTA, vendors would be able to print any amount of payment card information they wanted, leaving identity thieves to potentially be able to gather multiple receipts in order to piece together information such as the whole card number and expiration date.

According to the complaint, consumers who used debit or credit cards to purchase products from Godiva “were burdened with a material risk of identity theft and other harms,” and therefore entitled to an award of damages.

Godiva allegedly printed 10 digits — the first six and the last four – of customers’ card numbers on its point-of-sale receipts.

The plaintiff said this practice increased an identity thief’s ability to carry out a “distributed guessing attack,” such as systematically attempting to make multiple online purchases using  different combinations of numbers, because the last digit is a “check digit.” A check digit is a digit whose value is based on other digits appearing in the card number using an algorithm.

“This significantly limits the number of possible combinations a thief will need to attempt to discover the missing digits,” the class action lawsuit said.

The plaintiff claims he experienced the FACTA violation at various Godiva stores across the United States, including at three alls in Florida.

Godiva has denied any allegations of wrongdoing, but has agreed to a settlement in this case.

Eligible Class Members may have received a notice regarding the Godiva settlement in 2016 as the case was pending in U.S. District Court in Florida. The case was later re-filed in Cook County, Illinois.

If you submitted a valid claim in response to the 2016 Godiva settlement notice, you do not need to file a new claim in order to receive a payment in this case.

A final approval hearing on the Godiva settlement is scheduled for April 13, 2021.

Claims must be submitted electronically or postmarked by March 22, 2021. The deadline to exclude yourself or object to this settlement is also March 22, 2021.

Who’s Eligible

Anyone who made a purchase with a credit or debit card at a U.S. Godiva retail store between April 6, 2013, and Nov. 20, 2015, and received a point-of-sale receipt displaying more than the last five digits of the card number.

Potential Award

$55 to $60

  • Class Members who submit a valid claim form are expected to receive about $55 to $60. The final amount will depend on the number of valid claims filed.
Proof of Purchase

N/A

Claim Form

NOTE: If you do not qualify for this settlement do NOT file a claim.

Remember: you are submitting your claim under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim. If you’re unsure if you qualify, please read the FAQ section of the Settlement Administrator’s website to ensure you meet all standards (Top Class Actions is not a Settlement Administrator). If you don’t qualify for this settlement, check out our database of other open class action settlements you may be eligible for.

Claim Form Deadline

03/22/2021

Case Name

David S. Muransky, et al. v. Godiva Chocolatier Inc., Case No. 2020CH07156 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division

Final Hearing

04/13/2021

Settlement Website
Claims Administrator

Muransky v. Godiva Chocolatier Claims Administrator
P.O. Box 43403
Providence, RI 02940-3403
1-844-830-5222
admin@godivafactasettlement.com

Class Counsel

KEOGH LAW LTD

SCOTT D. OWENS PA

BRET LUSSKIN PA

Defense Counsel

David S. Almeida
BENESCH FRIEDLANDER COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP

Brian Melendez
DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC

Charles P. Flick
Shawn Y. Libman
BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP

Michele L. Stocker
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP

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63 thoughts onGodiva Receipt Privacy $6.3M Class Action Settlement

  1. Victoria Vandersommen says:

    Please add me
    I haven’t herd anything back

  2. yvette barr says:

    I have a card marked with purchases from Godiva and don’t know how to send it in can some one help?

  3. In Florida says:

    I still haven’t received anything and I filed a claim. I have sent an email and still no reply. What is going on and are they still sending out checks maybe on a rolling basis or something?

    1. michael says:

      Same in California. I filed a claim as well, nothing as of today. Anybody in So Cal receive a check?

  4. ANGELA HAWKINS says:

    rec’d check for $32.52 today

  5. AMC says:

    Mine was $162.62 2/22/22

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