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Company: Angie's List, Inc.
Current Parent Company: IAC/InterActiveCorp
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Penalty: $275,000
Year: 2021
Date: July 13, 2021
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Angie's List agreed to pay $50,000 in civil penalties and repay 50% of member subscription fees over the period it was running advertisements (estimated to be $225,000) in settlement of allegations its advertising misled customers into thinking its home services website performed background checks on all workers of listed businesses.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: City and County of San Francisco (CA) District Attorney
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
Facility County: San Francisco
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: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: internet services
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