{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OTAVA","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com","title":"Federal court upholds FTC\u2019s authority to penalize lax cyber security measures protecting personal information and credit card numbers","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"30PO5aVS0m\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/federal-court-upholds-ftcs-authority-to-penalize-lax-cyber-security-measures-protecting-personal-information-and-credit-card-numbers\/\">Federal court upholds FTC\u2019s authority to penalize lax cyber security measures protecting personal information and credit card numbers<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/federal-court-upholds-ftcs-authority-to-penalize-lax-cyber-security-measures-protecting-personal-information-and-credit-card-numbers\/embed\/#?secret=30PO5aVS0m\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Federal court upholds FTC\u2019s authority to penalize lax cyber security measures protecting personal information and credit card numbers&#8221; &#8212; OTAVA\" data-secret=\"30PO5aVS0m\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"The Federal Trade Commission has taken new assertive action to protect consumer data privacy interests, this time relating to breaches of payment card information, and other consumer personal information by Wyndham Worldwide, a company which owns and manages hotels. Just recently, the FTC settled charges against Accretive Health relating to inadequate data security protections that resulted in the theft of patient records. This settlement is on top of the charges filed by the Minnesota State Attorney General against the Business Associate that resulted in the company being banned from doing business in Minnesota for six years, reminding businesses that data breaches may incur actions from a variety of state and federal authorities. Most recently, a United States District Court in New Jersey upheld the FTC\u2019s authority to penalize Wyndham Hotel and Resorts for \u201cfailure to maintain reasonable and appropriate data security for consumers\u2019 sensitive personal information.\u201d In this case, failure to implement reasonable data safeguards resulted in multiple data breaches of consumer payment card information as well as personal information including address, social security numbers, and other identifying data. Wyndham\u2019s \u201cfailure to implement reasonable and appropriate security measures exposed consumers\u2019 personal information to unauthorized access, collection, and use.\u201d Results of...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/otava.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FTC-logo.png"}