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Company: Experian Data Corp.
Current Parent Company: Experian
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2022
Date: November 7, 2022
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Experian agreed to pay $1 million in settlements with a multistate group of Attorneys General alleging the company failed to take reasonable measures to protect customer information leading to data breaches in 2012.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Ireland
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: credit rating services
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