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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Target Corporation
Current Parent Company: Target
Penalty: $39,357,939
Year: 2016
Date: May 12, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Mega-Scandal: Data Breach Liability
Violation Description: payment to financial institutions in connection with a data breach
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of Minnesota
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 0:14-md-02522
Case Name: IN RE: Target Corporation Customer Data Security Breach Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Minnesota
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-discount stores
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