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Company: Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
Current Parent Company: Six Flags Entertainment
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $36,000,000
Year: 2021
Date: October 29, 2021
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Six Flags agreed to pay $36 million to settle class action litigation alleging it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by collecting fingerprint data from pass-holders.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Lake County (IL) Circuit Court
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: Illinois
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: entertainment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: entertainment
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.