PhysicalRetail & ConsumerRetailTheftEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 16, 2014

Filed

Nov 25, 2014

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC. →2 incidents on file

Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. reported the theft of a laptop from a rental car on October 16, 2014. The laptop, belonging to an HR employee, contained unencrypted employee data including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, and medical diagnoses for work restrictions. Godiva notified law enforcement and offered one year of credit monitoring to affected employees. Remediation measures included implementing whole disk encryption and enhancing staff education.

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California clockDiscovered Oct 16, 2014 → Notified Nov 26, 201441d ✓ CA 60-day OK6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Oct 16, 2014

Begins

Oct 16, 2014

Discovered

Nov 25, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_26b5b6556ce75f632014-11-25Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b7b75d2996f5d0662014-11-26 · +1dVerified

Name: GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.
norm: godiva chocolatier
Domain: godiva.com

Name: GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.
norm: godiva chocolatier
Domain: godiva.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 16, 2014
Breach occurred: Oct 16, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 26, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Employment
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Began an investigation to determine what information was contained on the laptop
Offering a complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert
Changes made: Conducted a comprehensive review of practices, policies and procedures
Implementing whole disk encryption for the laptops of employees who have authorized access to confidential information
Adding procedures to minimize the risks involved with the handling of confidential information
Enhancing staff education regarding the safeguarding of company property and information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 41d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Oct 16, 2014
→ Notified: Nov 26, 2014
41d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Oct 16, 2014 → Notified: Nov 26, 2014	41d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGNov 25 · first

California State AGNov 25 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-47593
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 25, 2014
Raw hash: 695cbe6e182ccbbce8566bf1f0abafef0ab1209aeef5369e4b8aebc68f60192b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.

Victim entityGODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 16, 2014

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov