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Company: Home Depot, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Home Depot
Penalty: $19,500,000
Year: 2016
Date: August 23, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: $13 million payment to consumers for data breach plus $6.5 million for identity protection services
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Georgia
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:14-md-02583
Case Name: In Re: The Home Depot, Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Georgia
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-home improvement
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