Final Approval Granted In Class Action Over Supermarket Chain’s Data Breach

Mealey's (July 22, 2021, 10:42 AM EDT) -- PEORIA, Ill. — Six months after an Illinois federal judge preliminarily approved a settlement between a supermarket chain that was the victim of a 2018/2019 data breach and a group of its customers, the judge on July 21 granted the plaintiffs’ motion for final approval of the settlement, which, among other things, provides reimbursement for customers’ costs associated with the breach and requires the retail chain to spend at least $20 million in data security improvements....