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Company: ChoicePoint
Current Parent Company: RELX Group
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Penalty: $500,000
Year: 2007
Date: June 1, 2007
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: ChoicePoint agreed to pay $500,000 to settle multistate allegations that it failed to adequately maintain the privacy and security of consumers' personally identifiable information.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: media
Specific Industry of Current Parent: publishing
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