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Company: Wawa, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Wawa Inc.
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $8,000,000
Year: 2022
Date: July 26, 2022
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Wawa agreed to pay $8 million in settlement of allegations by six States and the District of Columbia that the company failed to take reasonable steps to protect its customers from data breaches when malware extracted customers payment information.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-convenience stores
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.