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Company: Lenovo
Current Parent Company: Lenovo
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $3,500,000
Year: 2017
Date: September 5, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Lenovo agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle multistate litigation alleging that it illegally preinstalled ad-injecting software that compromised the security of its computers.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: China
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: electrical and electronic equipment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: computers
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