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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Google, LLC
Current Parent Company: Alphabet Inc.
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Penalty: $423,659
Year: 2021
Date: June 17, 2021
Offense Group: miscellaneous offenses
Primary Offense: campaign finance violation
Violation Description: Google agreed to pay a $400,000 penalty and $23,659 costs in settlement of allegations the company violated Washington's Fair Campaign Practices Act requiring advertisers to retain records related to political advertisements and make them available to the public.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Washington Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Washington
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
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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