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Company: Spokeo Inc.
Penalty: $800,000
Year: 2012
Date: June 12, 2012
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: employment screening violation
Violation Description: Spokeo, Inc., a data broker that compiles and sells detailed information profiles on millions of consumers, agreed to pay $800,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it marketed the profiles to companies in the human resources, background screening, and recruiting industries without taking steps to protect consumers required under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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