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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: $33,400,000
Year: 2015
Date: September 17, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: The California Public Utilities Commission approved a $33.4 million settlement agreement that resolved all issues regarding the unauthorized disclosure and publication of non-published directory listing information (i.e., name, telephone number, and address) of approximately 75,000 customers by Comcast Phone of California, LLC and its related entities.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Public Utilities Commission
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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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.