Marriott International Inc
£18.4M($23.6M USD)final
Date Issued
2020-10-30
Regulation
Authority
UK ICO
Country
United Kingdom
Violation Type
other
Currency
GBP
Violation Summary
Marriott International Inc fined £18.4million for failing to keep millions of customers’ personal data secure. Marriott estimates that 339 million guest records worldwide were affected following a cyber-attack in 2014 on Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. The attack, from an unknown source, remained undetected until September 2018, by which time the company had been acquired by Marriott.