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Company: The Briar Group, LLC
Penalty: $110,000
Year: 2011
Date: March 28, 2011
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: The Briar Group LLC, owner and operator of several bars and restaurants in the Boston area, agreed to pay $110,000 in penalties in settlement of allegations it failed to take reasonable steps to protect its customers' peronal information, putting their payment card information at risk when a data breach gave hackers access to customers card information for several months in 2009.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
Facility City: Boston
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