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Company: Whole Foods Market Group Inc.
Current Parent Company: Amazon.com
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Penalty: $296,762
Year: 2023
Date: April 25, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Whole Foods agreed to pay nearly $300,000 to settle litigation alleging it illegally collected employee voiceprints.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Cook County (IL) Circuit Court
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2022-CH-00606
Case Name: Jones v. Whole Foods Market Group Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-internet
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