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Company: Dropbox, Inc.
Penalty: $2,150,000
Year: 2018
Date: May 16, 2018
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Dropbox agreed to pay $1.7 million penalties and costs, and set aside $450,000 for restitution, in settlement of allegations by the District Attorneys of Alameda, San Diego, San Francisco and Sonoma counties that it violated California's Automatic Renewal Law by failing to display the terms in the manner required and failing to get the customers affirmative consent when selling subscription storage services.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
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