Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Community Health Systems, Inc.
Current Parent Company:
Community Health Systems
Penalty:
$5,000,000
Year:
2020
Date:
October 8, 2020
Offense Group:
consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense:
privacy violation
Violation Description:
Community Health System agreed to pay $5 million to resolve multistate litigation stemming from a data breach that affected more than 6 million patients.
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
Tennessee
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
healthcare services
Specific Industry of Parent:
healthcare services
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
