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FTC Finalizes Order with Marriott and Starwood Requiring Them to Implement a Robust Data Security Program to Address Security Failures

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The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order requiring Marriott International, Inc. and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide LLC to implement a comprehensive information security program to settle charges that the companies failed … Continue reading FTC Finalizes Order with Marriott and Starwood Requiring Them to Implement a Robust Data Security Program to Address Security Failures→

Marriott agrees to pay $52 million settlement, improve data security practices 

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The actions will settle investigations into security failures that led to overlapping data breaches affecting hundreds of millions of customers.

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The ripple effects of regulatory actions on CISO reporting

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In this Help Net Security video, Sara Behar, Content Manager at YL Ventures, discusses how recent regulatory actions and high-profile legal incidents involving cybersecurity leaders have influenced CISO reporting. In a recent report of the CISO Circuit… Continue reading The ripple effects of regulatory actions on CISO reporting→

FTC warns consumers of scammers offering to remove all negative information from credit reports

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Are you eager for your credit report to be “cleaned-up” so lenders and landlords will have a better opinion of your financial responsibility and creditworthiness?

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US FTC Calls Out Recent Game Pass Changes as Post-Merger “Consumer Harm”

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The US FTC is calling out Microsoft’s upcoming Game Pass changes and price increases and claims that this “product degradation” is the consequence of the Activision Blizzard acquisition it’s been trying to block.
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BetterHelp Customers Begin Receiving Refund Notices From $7.8M Data Privacy Settlement, FTC Says

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BetterHelp customers have started receiving refund notices from a $7.8 million data privacy settlement, the FTC says.
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FTC Sending $5.6 Million in Refunds to Ring Customers Over Security Failures

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The FTC is sending a total of $5.6 million in refunds to over 117,000 Ring customers as result of a 2023 settlement.
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