GameStop Agrees to Settle Payment Card Data Breach Class Action

Electronics retailer GameStop Corp. reached a proposed deal to end consumer allegations that lax cybersecurity led to a data breach of sensitive payment card information.

GameStop will pay up to $235 for each person who purchased items from August 2016 to February 2017 and was impacted by the breach, according to the July 16 proposed settlement in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Settlement class members with extraordinary expenses can request up to $10,000.

GameStop also will pay $557,500 in attorney’s fees and $3,750 to each of the class representatives. Judge John E. Jones III of the Delaware ...