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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Google
Current Parent Company: Alphabet Inc.
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Penalty: $8,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: May 12, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Attorney General Paxton announced an $8 million settlement with Google for deceptive advertisements that promoted the Google Pixel 4 smartphone.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Texas Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Texas
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: internet services
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