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Company: Anthem Inc.
Current Parent Company: Elevance Health
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Penalty: $39,500,000
Year: 2020
Date: September 30, 2020
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Mega-Scandal: Data Breach Liability
Violation Description: Anthem agreed to a $39.5 million settlement with 43 states and the District of Columbia to resolve allegations stemming from a 2014 data breach that involved the personal information of 78.8 million Americans. Anthem also agreed to a series of data security and good governance provisions designed to strengthen its practices going forward.
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: Indiana
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance; managed care
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