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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Southwest Airlines
Current Parent Company: Southwest Airlines
Penalty: $1,100,000
Year: 2014
Date: March 21, 2014
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Southwest agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle litigation alleging it violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions acting by printing credit card expiration dates on customer receipts.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:12-cv-05978
Case Name: Miller v. Southwest Airlines Co.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: airlines
Specific Industry of Current Parent: airlines
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