In the Dugas case, the Court noted that “Plaintiff alleges that as a ‘member in the hotel chain’s rewards program’, he has frequented the spa at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina on a ‘continuous and ongoing basis’. Plaintiff further alleges that during visits to the spa, ‘he provided personal identifying information and consumer information’ to the hotel operating under the ‘reasonable belief that [the information] would be held private’”.
“Because of the approximately seven-month delay between discovering the data breach and notifying affected customers, Plaintiff alleges that hackers were given ‘months to use the information without the customers being able to take any steps to protect themselves’…
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- In the Dugas case, the Court noted that “Plaintiff alleges that as a ‘member in the hotel chain's rewards program', he has frequented the spa at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel &.
- Plaintiff further alleges that during visits to the spa, ‘he provided personal identifying information and consumer information' to the hotel operating under the ‘reasonable belief that [the information] would be held private'”.
- “Because of the approximately seven-month delay between discovering the data breach and notifying affected customers, Plaintiff alleges that hackers were given ‘months to use the information without the customers being able to take any steps to protect themselves'….
