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Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

Lodging and rental of vehicle platforms will share customers' data with the police: Spanish update

Hogan Lovells on 10/28/2021

Spanish Government has approved a Royal Decree by which people or companies that offer lodging and/or rental car (without driver) services, will need to share a very broad list of personal data with Spanish enforcement...more

NIST Publishes Guidelines Aimed at Enhancing Hotel Property Management System Security

Baker Donelson on 4/28/2021

Introduction - Hospitality organizations depend heavily on the property management system (PMS) of each hotel to run day-to-day operations. The PMS handles most vital functions, including reservations, room availability,...more

Privacy Tip #254 – FBI Issues Warning of Using Hotel WiFi if Teleworking from Hotel

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/9/2020

On October 6, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) issued a warning to consumers about using WiFi when teleworking from a hotel. The FBI acknowledges that many workers are having difficulty working from home...more

Hotels and GDPR

BCLP on 11/6/2019

We are now over a year on from the major changes made to the European data protection regime by the GDPR so it is time to revisit what the changes mean now for the hospitality sector and investment in it, given increased...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2019 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/25/2019

We have definitely seen an uptick in the number of ransomware attacks against municipalities around the country. Thus far, the attacks have been against single cities, towns, and court systems, and recently against a...more

NGE IP Focus: Hospitality and Leisure - ISSUE 1 | FALL 2018

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 12/13/2018

Among the things that are the most exciting about being an intellectual property practitioner working in the hospitality industry are the variety and wide breadth of legal issues that need to be addressed. We are...more

Radisson Loyalty Program Compromised

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/8/2018

Radisson Hotel Group has notified some of its global loyalty program customers that hackers have stolen their personal information, including their names, addresses, email addresses, and in some cases, their employment and...more

Privacy Tip #137 – Hacking Hotel Room Doors

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/4/2018

As a frequent traveler, both personally and professionally, this bit of research unnerved me. Of course, it makes sense when you think about it, and none of us should be surprised, but it is a good reminder for those of us...more

OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Brazilian antitrust authorities adopt narrow approach to rate parity; Group segment moves to...

Foster Garvey PC on 4/9/2018

This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending March 30, 2018 is below. This week’s Update features a heavy dose of OTA updates....more

OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Australian Competition Authorities re-think "narrow" parity; Keyword prohibitions the subject...

Foster Garvey PC on 4/2/2018

Our weekly OTA & Travel Distribution Update is below. This week’s Update features a number of familiar stories....more

Hilton Settles Data Breach Investigations with NY and VT AGs

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/3/2017

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc. (Hilton) has agreed to pay the New York and Vermont Attorneys General $700,000 to settle allegations that they violated those state consumer protection and data breach notification laws...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2017

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/3/2017

US-CERT Warns of New Ransomware: Bad Rabbit - The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is warning companies in the U.S. about a new ransomware dubbed “Bad Rabbit.” US-CERT stated it has received multiple...more

Hyatt Data Breach Impacts 41 Locations in 11 Countries

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/19/2017

Hyatt Hotels Corporation recently announced that it had identified malicious software code resulting in unauthorized access to customer payment card information. Hyatt disclosed that upon investigating the incident, it...more

Rosen Hotels Fined After Data Breach and Facing Federal Lawsuit

Lowndes on 3/31/2017

This week Rosen Millennium Technology Group, the sister company to Rosen Hotels & Resorts, was sued by its insurance company, St. Paul Fire & Marine, which is denying coverage for a data breach that was discovered in 2016. ...more

Revolution or Evolution – Protect & Survive

Hogan Lovells on 2/27/2017

The annual Hogan Lovells CBRE Hotel Conference 2017 - The threat from terrorism will continue well into the next decade and every country and major organisation needs a counter-terrorism plan. This was the message from...more

Data Security Breach Handbook for Hotels, Venues, & the Hospitality Industry

BCLP on 11/9/2016

Media reports about data security breaches have become an almost daily occurrence. Increased publicity reflects the simple fact that data breaches have grown in frequency and scope. According to one study, the hospitality...more

Safe Travel Series: Dos and Don'ts of Hotel Safety

K2 Integrity on 10/14/2016

Hotels are susceptible to a wide array of thefts, scams, hacks, and assaults. Today, the savvy traveler needs to be security conscious. That especially applies to hotels. While any given stay will, in all likelihood, turn out...more

Omni Hotels latest hotel chain hit with malware

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/14/2016

Omni Hotels notified guests on Friday, July 8, 2016, that its point of sale systems were compromised with malware from December 23, 2015, through June 15, 2016....more

Trump Hotel Collection Confirms Year-Long Data Breach

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/8/2015

Trump Hotel Collection, the high-end hotel chain owned by the billionaire Republican presidential hopeful and real estate developer Donald Trump, has confirmed a data security breach involving malware that the company says...more

FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Group - A Warning From the Third Circuit

Fisher Phillips on 9/18/2015

On August 24, in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp. et al, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that the FTC could enforce its own reasonable interpretation of what cybersecurity standards are necessary to avoid...more

Wyndham Opinion Affirms FTC’s Power to Regulate Cybersecurity Practices

Goodwin on 9/10/2015

On August 24, 2015, the Third Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey’s denial of a motion to dismiss in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp. In Wyndham, the Federal Trade Commission...more

3rd Circuit Affirms FTC’s Cybersecurity Oversight

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/1/2015

If you read one thing: - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) secured a major appellate victory in its quest to challenge lax corporate cybersecurity practices - In light of the 3rd Circuit’s decision,...more

Update: Hotel Industry Members Withdrawal FCC Wi-Fi Petition

Snell & Wilmer on 3/5/2015

This is an update to an article we posted on January 28, Can Hotels Legally Block Wi-Fi Hot Spots? The FCC Says No, and Fines a Hotel $600,000 For Doing It. On August 25, 2014, the American Hotel & Lodging Association,...more

Navigating the Cyber Liability Storm - Part II

Dickinson Wright on 1/23/2015

Franchisors are facing a precarious three-way intersection of increased accountability and regulation over consumer privacy, the growing volume and sophistication of cyber-attacks on consumer data, and the expanding...more

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