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Company: TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC
Current Parent CompanyTalkTalk Telecom Group Limited
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement: TalkTalk Telecom Group Limited
Recap of Ownership Changes: TalkTalk was a plc until bought by a consortium in 2021 and taken private.
Penalty: £100,000
Year: 2017
Date: 10 August, 2017
Offence Group: consumer-protection-related offences
Offence Type: privacy violation
Violation Description: The Information Commissioner's Office fined TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC £100,000 after it failed to look after its customers' data and risked it falling into the hands of scammers and fraudsters.
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Information Commissioner's Office
HQ Country of Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Parent: telecommunications services
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