No-Tel Mo-Tel? Motel 6 Settles State of Washington Lawsuit With $12,000,000 Payment

via Chris Morris‘ well-crafted reportage at Fortune, comes the story of illegal data sharing engaged in by Motel 6, and the $12,000,000 price tag the company coughed up in settlement fines to the State of Washington. I guess they might not be ‘leaving the light on for you‘ – for a while… Today’s Must Read.

“Motel 6 will take a $12 million hit for allegedly sharing the personal information of about 80,000 guests with immigration officials without the knowledge or permission of those customers. The chain has settled a lawsuit brought by the state of Washington over the controversial policy of seven of its hotels in that state between 2015 and 2017. The company has also said it will stop the practice of handing over guest information without a subpoena or warrant, unless it believes someone is in imminent danger.” – via Chris Morris‘, at Fortune

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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosecurity.US authored by Marc Handelman. Read the original post at: https://www.infosecurity.us/blog/2019/4/6/no-tel-mo-tel-motel-6-settles-state-of-washington-lawsuit-with-12000000