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Company: LifeLock
Current Parent Company: Gen Digital Inc.
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Penalty: $100,000,000
Year: 2015
Date: December 17, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: LifeLock agreed to pay $100 million to settle Federal Trade Commission contempt charges that it violated the terms of a 2010 federal court order that requires the company to secure consumers' personal information and prohibits the company from deceptive advertising.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arizona
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: cyber security products
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