FTC: Marriott and Starwood, data breaches data breach case

US Federal Trade Commission · decided Oct 9, 2024 · Settled

The FTC alleged lax security led to three breaches from 2014 to 2020 affecting more than 344 million customers worldwide.

The case

Against: Marriott International, Inc.
Regulator: US Federal Trade Commission
Decided: Oct 9, 2024
Status: SettledOrder finalized December 2024.
Outcome: Marriott and Starwood must run a comprehensive security program and let US customers request deletion of their data.

1 dated entry

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Oct 9, 2024	Decision: FTC: Marriott and Starwood, data breaches	Decision	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
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Jan 15, 2025Filed 20mo agofiled	FTC: GoDaddy, hosting securitySettledData breachUS Federal Trade Commission	Data breach	Settled	Jan 15, 2025
Dec 17, 2024Filed 21mo agofiled	DPC fine: Meta, 2018 Facebook breachDecidedData breachIrish DPCEUR 251 million	Data breach	Decided	Dec 17, 2024
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Sep 27, 2024Filed 24mo agofiled	DPC fine: Meta, plaintext passwordsDecidedData breachIrish DPCEUR 91 million	Data breach	Decided	Sep 27, 2024

Caption and links

In the Matter of Marriott International, Inc. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, LLC