On August 28th, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council published an information supplement entitled, “Best Practices for Maintaining PCI DSS Compliance,” which contains important guidance for all companies, […]
On August 7th, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, the payment card industry’s self-regulatory body, issued new guidance for companies, such as hotels, that share cardholder payment data with […]
In late June, the National Consumers League (NCL) launched what it calls the “#DataInsecurity Project” to raise awareness of and push for action to improve consumer data security. The NCL […]
In a speech delivered at a major meeting of state Attorneys General (AGs) in late July, FTC Commissioner Julie Brill emphasized the importance of state AGs’ role in privacy regulation […]
You probably remember the massive data breach that Sony Entertainment suffered back in April 2011 in its video game online network which exposed the personal information of approximately 77 million […]
On May 21st, eBay announced that it had experienced a data breach that had potentially affected all 145 million of its users. In addition to the shock wave of bad […]
The hits just keep on coming for these two companies in the courts. On May 2nd, Wyndham shareholders filed a derivative action in New Jersey, alleging that Wyndham’s Board of […]
Just three weeks prior to Los Angeles hosting HITEC 2015, the hospitality industry’s largest technology conference, the local ABC news affiliate reports on the lack of awareness around PCI Compliance […]
Yesterday, while banging around some golf balls at Pinehurst (pardon me while I name drop!) the guy next to me on the driving range joked with his buddy that the […]
Wyndham Worldwide is learning the hard way that the consequences of allegedly not taking adequate steps to prevent data breaches aren’t limited to customer complaints and government penalties. In the […]