Marriott, State AGs Reach $52 Million Data-Breach Settlement

Marriott International Inc. reached a $52 million agreement with 49 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia to settle complaints arising from a series of data breaches spanning four years and impacting over 344 million customers worldwide.

The Federal Trade Commission also settled with Marriott separately on Wednesday concerning that series of breaches and another that took place in 2020.

“Marriott’s poor security practices led to multiple breaches affecting hundreds of millions of customers,” said Samuel Levine, director of the agency’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “The FTC’s action today, in coordination with our state partners, will ensure that Marriott ...