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Company: Comcast
Current Parent Company: Comcast
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $33,000,000
Year: 2015
Date: September 17, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: The California Attorney General announced that the California Department of Justice, along with the California Public Utilities Commission, reached a $33 million settlement with Comcast over allegations that it posted online the names, phone numbers and addresses of tens of thousands of customers who had paid for unlisted voice over internet protocol (VOIP) phone service.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications; media
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