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Company: Zappos.com Inc.
Current Parent Company: Amazon.com
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Penalty: $106,000
Year: 2015
Date: January 7, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Zappos.com entered into a $106,000 settlement with nine states to resolve issues relating to a 2012 data breach that exposed the personal information of the website's consumers. The settlement required Zappos to undertake additional security measures to help prevent future data breaches.
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: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-internet
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