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Company: Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Current Parent Company: Walmart
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Penalty: $1,170,000
Year: 2013
Date: May 24, 2013
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Walmart agreed to pay over $1 million to settle litigation alleging it improperly collected and record ZIP codes of California customers making purchases using credit cards.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:11-cv-01919
Case Name: Main v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arkansas
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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