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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: DirecTV
Current Parent Company: AT&T
Penalty: $17,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: March 3, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: DirecTV agreed to pay $17 million to settle allegations it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making prerecorded debt collection calls to consumers who were not customers of the company.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Central District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:13cv1170
Case Name: Jenny Brown et al v. DIRECTV, LLC
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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