Motel 6 has been fined 12 million dollars for sharing guest information to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, information provided by paying guests, apropos nothing but suspicions based on bigotry and bias.
CBS News
“Motel 6 will pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit by the Washington state attorney general over the lodging chain's practice of handing over guest lists to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The company also committed to no longer provide guest information without a warrant, a policy that will be adopted nationally, prosecutors said.
...Motel 6 locations in Washington state provided personal information about their guests to ICE "on a daily basis without requiring a warrant," according to a statement from the Washington attorney general's office. In total, the motel chain shared information for about 80,000 guests without their knowledge or consent, the statement said.”
One would think the hotsheet NoTell... Motel Chain would have learned from their first fine:
(Parens mine)
“It's not the first time Motel 6 has faced legal claims for providing guest information to immigration authorities. In November, it agreed to pay up to $7.6 million to Hispanic guests (in Arizona) to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated their privacy by sharing guest lists with ICE agents.”
But they pinky promised to do better.
"The safety and security of our guests, which includes protecting guest information, is our top priority, and we are pleased to be able to reach resolution in this matter," a Motel 6 spokesperson said.”
Glad to hear of your new policy A-Holes, but I won’t be trusting you with any of my personal info... or...the bottom of my flip flops, anytime soon.
Dollars to doughnuts the CEO of this POS is a Maggot hat — probably colluded with Racist A-hole 1 over the phone.
I’d rather sleep in my car at a truck stop.
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[cross-posted to PolitiZoom]