This winter, a white-hat hacker contacted several travel companies alleging that their websites have a security vulnerability that would allow thieves to skim credit card data from customers.
Security alert: How a travel technology company is grappling with an ethical hacker
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Unravelling the proposals to overhaul European Data rules [hint: complex and costly]
April 30, 2013 By 1 Comment
Officials within the British government are some of the most vociferous critics of the European Commission’s draft data protection regulations.
The multiple issues surrounding airlines and ownership of passenger data
September 13, 2012 By 5 Comments
Imagine a world where someone owns a record of everything you do in life. Went shopping? Safeway owns that act. Watched a movie? Netflix owns a record of that. Grabbed a quick bite to eat? McDonalds owns a log of that.
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Hotel chain lawsuit MUST BE a security wake-up call for the travel industry
July 2, 2012 By 1 Comment
Last week, authorities in the US filed a lawsuit against Wyndham Worldwide, claiming the company and three subsidiaries failed to protect sensitive customer credit card data.
Cunard admits data security failure, 1,000+ passenger details emailed out to other guests
June 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cruise giant Cunard is trying to allay concerns amongst customers after an email was sent containing confidential details of some 1,200 passengers.
TUI admits HolidaysUncovered hit by web security attack
September 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
TUI Travel-owned user review site Holidays Uncovered suffered a security breach last week, impacting on how the site appeared in search engines.
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Ten tips to protect data and devices when travelling
July 1, 2010 By 2 Comments
Travellers – especially in the corporate sector – are connected to the web and other digital platforms through electronic devices more than ever before.
Is it right that PricewaterhouseCoopers can sell FlyGlobespan customer data?
January 11, 2010 By 5 Comments
The FlyGlobespan saga continues apace – credit card payment firm E-Clear is in the High Court this week – and administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers clearly needs to find some money for creditors.
Running alongside the various financial shenanigans surrounding the case is news that PWC is trying to sell the Globespan’s “wonderful customer details”.
PWC is so excited that it even sent out a tweet.
