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Company: Houzz Inc.
Penalty: $175,000
Year: 2015
Date: October 2, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: The California Attorney General announced a settlement with Houzz Inc., an online platform for home remodeling and design, to resolve allegations that the company violated California privacy laws by recording incoming and outgoing telephone calls without notifying all parties on the call that they were being recorded.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
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