by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 29, 2024 | Scam of the day
Last week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized an order requiring hotel chain Marriott and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels to implement comprehensive data security programs. This order was made in response to charges brought by the FTC against Marriott and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 16, 2024 | Scam of the day
I have often written that our personal information is only as safe and secure as the companies with the worst security measures that hold that information. While there have been a number of class actions by disgruntled consumers whose information was compromised in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 6, 2022 | Scam of the day
The Marriott hotel chain confirmed that it has suffered yet another data breach, this one at its BWI Airport Marriott Hotel in Maryland with between 300 and 400 guests at the hotel having their credit card information stolen along with personal information of the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 24, 2019 | Scam of the day
I first reported to you last December when the Marriott hotel chain announced that it had suffered a major data breach involving its Starwood guest reservation database. Starwood is a group of hotels bought by Mariott in 2016 and includes such well known hotel chains...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 9, 2018 | Scam of the day, Uncategorized
Last week the hotel chain Marriott announced that it had suffered a major data breach involving its Starwood guest reservation database. Starwood is a group of hotels bought by Mariott in 2016 and includes such well known hotel chains as the St. Regis, Westin,...
