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Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation et al

  1. December 10, 2015

    FTC Tips Data Security Hand In Wyndham Pact

    The Federal Trade Commission in its data security settlement with Wyndham endorsed a popular standard for securing payment card data and set out specific requirements for how to handle a franchisee breach, offering companies valuable insight into the perplexing issue of what the commission expects from them on the data security front, attorneys say.

  2. December 09, 2015

    Wyndham Agrees To Audits To End FTC Data Breach Suit

    Wyndham Worldwide Corp. will establish a comprehensive information security program and undergo annual audits to resolve the Federal Trade Commission's closely watched suit accusing the company of maintaining lax data security practices that led to three separate data breaches, the parties announced Wednesday.

  3. July 23, 2015

    Wyndham Fights FTC Attempt To Restart Breach Litigation

    Wyndham Worldwide Corp. urged New Jersey federal judges Wednesday to maintain a stay on discovery in the Federal Trade Commission's suit accusing the hotel and resort company of allowing data breaches with lax security, arguing that the parties' court-ordered mediation remains ongoing.

  4. November 19, 2014

    Wyndham, FTC Data Security Row Heads To Mediation

    A New Jersey federal judge has directed the Federal Trade Commission and Wyndham Worldwide Corp. to mediate their closely watched dispute over whether the regulator has the authority to bring lawsuits against companies for instituting allegedly lax data security practices.

  5. November 03, 2014

    Judge Calls Time-Out To Handle Wyndham-FTC Discovery Row

    A New Jersey federal judge on Monday put discovery on hold in the Federal Trade Commission's data security case against Wyndham Worldwide Corp. while he reviews the parties' letters concerning discovery, including Wyndham's request to stop a new round of FTC depositions.

  6. August 18, 2014

    FTC Slams Wyndham Bid For Docs On Data Breach Interviews

    The Federal Trade Commission told a New Jersey federal judge on Friday that Wyndham Worldwide Corp. can't demand the FTC's work product, saying the agency sent Wyndham all the information it could about its interviews of consumers allegedly harmed by data breaches that cost over $10.6 million.

  7. August 15, 2014

    Wyndham Says FTC Must Detail Consumer Harm In Data Suit

    Wyndham Worldwide Corp. told a New Jersey federal judge on Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission must prove that the cyberattacks against the hotel chain, which the agency alleges led to more than $10.6 million in losses, caused "substantial injury to consumers which is not reasonably avoidable by consumers themselves."

  8. July 21, 2014

    Wyndham Rips FTC's Discovery Tactics In Data Security Row

    Wyndham Worldwide Corp. blasted the Federal Trade Commission's bid to extend discovery by five months in its closely watched case over the hotel chain's allegedly lax data security, arguing in New Jersey district court Friday that the request is merely a ploy to convince Wyndham to settle the long-running fight.

  9. June 24, 2014

    3rd Circ. To Tackle FTC Data Security Power In Wyndham Row

    A New Jersey federal judge agreed late Monday to allow Wyndham Hotels and Resorts LLC to immediately appeal to the Third Circuit a ruling affirming the Federal Trade Commission's authority to bring data security cases, concluding that businesses and consumers nationwide would benefit from appellate review of the issue.

  10. June 23, 2014

    Wyndham Can't Break From Unit In FTC Data Security Row

    A New Jersey federal judge on Monday refused to drop Wyndham Worldwide Corp. and two of its subsidiaries from a closely watched data security suit brought by the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that they could not be separated from a third subsidiary whose systems were allegedly breached.

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