UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Update-After the final approval of the settlement by the District Court on April 20, 2022, an objector filed an appeal solely with respect to the award of attorneys’ fees to the attorneys for the Settlement Class. Thereafter, there were two appeals to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which most recently rendered an opinion on June 25, 2025 affirming the District Court’s attorneys’ fee award. However, that decision is still subject to potential further appeal by the objector, so the distribution of the settlement benefits to class members who filed claims must continue to remain in abeyance until the appeal is finally concluded. 

In re Wawa, Inc. Data Security Litigation, No. 19-cv-6019-GEKP (E.D. Pa.) 

IF YOU USED A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD AT ANY WAWA CONVENIENCE STORE OR FUEL PUMP BETWEEN MARCH 4, 2019 AND DECEMBER 12, 2019, YOU MAY BE PART OF A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT 

The deadline to submit a Claim Form was NOVEMBER 29, 2021   

Wawa, Inc. (“Wawa”) has agreed to pay up to $9 million in cash and Gift Cards to settle a class action lawsuit regarding a data security incident Wawa announced in December 2019. As previously announced, between March 4, 2019 and December 12, 2019 (the “Period of the Security Incident”), cybercriminals accessed Wawa’s computer systems and obtained customers’ cardholder information, including credit and debit card numbers, card expiration dates, and cardholder names on payment cards that were used at Wawa stores or fuel pumps during that time period (the “Data Security Incident”). This settlement resolves claims on behalf of all customers who used their credit or debit cards at Wawa during the Period of the Security Incident (the “Settlement”). In addition to the Gift Cards and monetary compensation described below, Wawa has implemented and agreed to further implement significant data security enhancements, collectively valued at no less than $35 million. Wawa has denied the allegations made by the plaintiffs in these cases.

Settlement Class

The Settlement Class consists of all customers who reside in the United States and who used a credit or debit card at a Wawa convenience store or fuel pump at any time during the Period of the Security Incident. Excluded from the Class are Wawa’s executive officers and the Judge to whom the Lawsuit is assigned.