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Company: Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Current Parent Company: Sony
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Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2008
Date: December 11, 2008
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Sony BMG Music Entertainment agreed to pay $1 million as part of a settlement to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act through its music fan websites.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Japan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: electrical and electronic equipment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: consumer electronics
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