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Company: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Current Parent Company: Sony
Penalty: $16,000,000
Year: 2024
Date: January 17, 2024
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Sony agreed to pay $16 million to settle litigation alleging it violated the privacy of its customers by collecting and sharing personal date with Facebook.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Illinois
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:22-cv-04858
Case Name: Beltran et al v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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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