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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Google Inc.
Current Parent Company: Alphabet Inc.
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Penalty: $22,500,000
Year: 2017
Date: August 17, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Google agreed to pay over $22 million to settle litigation alleging it improperly placed ads purchased by participants in its AdWords program on inactive or low-quality websites.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 5:08cv3369
Case Name: in re Google Adwords Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: internet services
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