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Company: Ralphs Grocery Co. dba Food4Less Midwest
Current Parent Company: Kroger
Penalty: $6,075,000
Year: 2024
Date: May 29, 2024
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: A Kroger subsidiary agreed to pay over $6 million to settle litigation alleging it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by collecting and storing employee fingerprints.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Illinois
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:22-cv-02409
Case Name: Johnson v. Kroger Co., The et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-supermarkets
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