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Violation Tracker UK Individual Case

Company: Zurich Insurance Plc
Current Parent CompanyZurich Insurance
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement: Zurich Insurance
Penalty: £2,275,000
Year: 2010
Date: 19 August, 2010
Offence Group: consumer-protection-related offences
Offence Type: privacy violation
Violation Description: Zurich paid a £2.28 million fine in settlement of a finding by the FSA that the company failed to take reasonable care to protect clients' confidential information, when an unencrypted data tape was lost by a third party processor and it took a year for the incident to become known.
Action Type: agency action
Settlement Type: settlement of FSA Decision
Agency: Financial Services Authority
HQ Country of Parent: Switzerland
Ownership Structure of Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Parent: insurance
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