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Weak account checks earn company $10.5 million privacy fine

The telecomms company violates the EU’s GDPR by allegedly failing to fully authenticate people phoning up to access their accounts.

The ICO isn’t pulling its punches: The penalty for BA’s data breach is about 367 times higher than the previous record-setting fine.

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The Marriott hotel empire’s Starwood guest reservation database has been subject to unauthorised access since 2014.

Smart City was blocking convention visitors and exhibitors from using their own hotspots to avoid paying hefty fees for the telecom’s Wi-Fi.

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So ends Marriott’s campaign to block guests’ hotspots and force guests to pay for its own Wi-Fi, even though they don’t threaten security.

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Post-big-bucks fine, Marriott has now stopped blocking personal Wi-Fi devices at hotels.