Marriott fined $123m for 2018 data breach that hit 339m customers
Jul10
Hot on the heels of British Airways, international hotel group Marriott could face the wrath of the UK‘s data privacy regulator. The country’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it plans to fine the US-based chain £99 million ($123 million) under EU GDPR laws for a data breach that exposed personal details of over 339 million guests. Seven million of the affected users were UK residents, and 30 million related to residents of 31 countries in the European Economic Area (EEA). The incident concerns a 2014 data breach of hotel company Starwood, which was acquired by Marriott in 2016. The breach,…
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