Mapco Data Breach Class-Action: How To Get Your Settlement

BRENTWOOD, TN — Shop at a Mapco and pay with a card sometime in March or April of 2013? Chances are pretty good, considering the ubiquity of the Brentwood-based convenience store operator in Middle Tennessee. And the chances are good, then, that you might be in line for some settlement money.

Mapco's data systems were hacked in the spring of 2013 and an untold amount of credit card information was accessed. A class-action suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee in August 2014, claiming, among other things, that Mapco was negligent in failing to prevent the breach.

Now the parties are ready to settle and the attorneys are accepting claims under the terms of the proposed settlement.

To qualify, you must reside in the United States and your personal or financial data was stolen from Mapco's data systems and if you were damaged by the data breach disclosed by Mapco. If you used a credit card or debit card to make a purchase at a store owned and operated by Mapco Express between March 1, 2013 and April 30, 2013, there's a chance you were affected.

Under the terms of the settlement, claimants will be paid up to $500 for documented out-of-pocket losses, unreimbursed charges, or time spent remedying issues related to the breach (up to five hours at $15 per hour). Don't have documentation, but still spent time checking to see if your data was stolen? Mapco will pay for two hours of lost time at $15 per hour without documentation.

A claim can be filed on the web here and more information is available on the site. The judge will be asked to approve the settlement January 9 and the deadline to join the class-action is January 26.