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Marriott reaches $52 million settlement over years of data breaches

Marriott International is being taken to task after the hotel chain suffered multiple data breaches that exposed sensitive information for more than 344 million customers around the world.

Second, a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission will require Marriott and its Starwood Hotels & Resorts subsidiary to implement a new information security system to protect against future data exposures. The FTC agreement includes measures such as data minimization, account review tools for its loyalty rewards programs and a link for guests to request deletion of their personal information. The biggest news stories this morning: How to watch Tesla’s robotaxi event, Green Day’s Dookie has been demastered for Game Boy, Zoom’s latest feature update focuses heavily on its AI assistant.

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