The Federal Trade Commission has launched a lawsuit against hospitality company Wyndham Worldwide. The suit is a clear sign to the security industry that it is no longer good enough to follow check-box compliance practices. Experts say it could be an important case in setting precedence about what constitutes due diligence on the behalf of companies offering privacy guarantees. This is the third case this month that the FTC has brought forward as it relates to data security. In two others, the FTC is suing two companies for exposing customer data through P2P downloads.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/database-security/ftc-takes-on-wyndham-for-security-lapses