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Company: Verizon Wireless
Current Parent Company: Verizon Communications
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $1,350,000
Year: 2016
Date: March 7, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: The Federal Communications Commission announced a settlement resolving an investigation into Verizon Wireless's practice of inserting unique identifier headers or so-called supercookies into its customers' mobile Internet traffic without their knowledge or consent.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Communications Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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