PhysicalRetail & ConsumerRetailLossEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentHighResolved

GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 15, 2013

Filed

May 28, 2013

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2,638state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. reported the loss of a flash drive containing personal information of job applicants and employees. The drive was lost by a former employee on or around April 1, 2013, and found by an unrelated individual on April 15, 2013. The data included Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and employment records. Approximately 2,638 California residents were affected. Godiva engaged forensic investigators, notified affected individuals, and offered credit monitoring services. No evidence of data misuse was found.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 15, 2013 → Notified May 29, 201344d ✓ CA 60-day OK6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Apr 1, 2013

Begins

Apr 15, 2013

Discovered

May 28, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

1 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_65fad48758bf689b2013-05-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7059d47bac259a842013-05-31 · +3dVerified

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

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

Discovered: Apr 15, 2013
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2013
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 29, 2013
Affected individuals: 2,638state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Employment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the California Attorney General
Initial access: removable_media

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic investigator (Navigant Consulting, Inc.)
Providing written notice to all persons who might have been affected
Notifying the major consumer reporting agencies
Providing free credit monitoring services to all notice recipients who wish to enroll
Established a toll-free confidential assistance telephone line
Changes made: Modified data security policies applicable to its electronic resources (the Godiva 'Acceptable Use Policy')
Mandated additional security controls and privacy measures to prevent unauthorized access to confidential information
Prohibited any employee from accessing data without appropriate authorization
Prohibited duplicating confidential data to portable media devices without appropriate safeguards, including password protection and encryption
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 44d
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: Apr 15, 2013
→ Notified: May 29, 2013
44d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 15, 2013 → Notified: May 29, 2013	44d	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 AGMay 28 · first

California State AGMay 28 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/sb24-41881
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 28, 2013
Raw hash: f99335ac42706f87ec3ebffc261edade97d30ac7da19c56ab4bcbc9187562769

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.

Victim entityGODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 15, 2013

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic investigator (Navigant Consulting, Inc.)

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov