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Company: Symantec Corp. and Digital River Inc.
Current Parent Company: Gen Digital Inc.
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Penalty: $60,000,000
Year: 2016
Date: April 22, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Symantec agreed to a $60 million settlement of litigation alleging it and an e-commerce service provider duped customers into purchasing an unnecessary add-on to Symantech's Norton security software.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of Minnesota
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 0:11cv180
Case Name: Khoday et al v. Symantec Corp. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arizona
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: cyber security products
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