Re:Motel 6 to Pay $12M after Improperly Giving Guest Lists t...
by tyingq on Friday April 05, 2019 @09:32PM
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"Isn’t it your duty to protect the privacy of your data and your customers regardless of who is requesting data?"
The article says "after several locations gave information on thousands of guests to Immigration and Customs Enforcement without warrants"
Sounds like ICE got the info from the night manager or similar. I can see why a motel night manager might feel like they didn't have a choice in the matter. Motel 6 is still rightly on hook, but ICE knew better than to route the request to Motel 6 HDQ.
The article says "after several locations gave information on thousands of guests to Immigration and Customs Enforcement without warrants"
Sounds like ICE got the info from the night manager or similar. I can see why a motel night manager might feel like they didn't have a choice in the matter. Motel 6 is still rightly on hook, but ICE knew better than to route the request to Motel 6 HDQ.