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Two Out of Three Hotels Accidentally Leak Guests' Personal Data: Symantec (reuters.com)
Two out of three hotel websites inadvertently leak guests' booking details and personal data to third-party sites, including advertisers and analytics companies, according to research released by Symantec on Wednesday. From a report: The study, which looked at more than 1,500 hotel websites in 54 countries that ranged from two-star to five-star properties, comes several months after Marriott International disclosed one of the worst data breaches in history. Symantec said Marriott was not included in the study. Compromised personal information includes full names, email addresses, credit card details and passport numbers of guests that could be used by cybercriminals who are increasingly interested in the movements of influential business professionals and government employees, Symantec said.
I think the point of the article was that the hotels weren't trying to share the information, they leaked it by accident.
Do they make money from these accidental leaks of your data?
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
I'd say I leaked it by accident too. Funny how it only got "accidentally" leaked to those who would most want it, though.
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