The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Wyndham Hotels and Resorts on charges that the company’s security practices exposed a half-million customers’ personal information to hackers in a series of cyberattacks—though the agency lacked authority to levy a monetary penalty.
Under the settlement—which follows a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruling upholding the FTC’s authority to bring charges in such cases—Wyndham pays no fines, and is granted safe harbor if it continues to meet data security guidelines contained in the consent order, which remains in effect for 20 years.
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