Marriott Settles Huge Privacy Case

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Marriott International has reached a settlement with state and federal regulators over repeated privacy breaches the hotel chain suffered in the 2010s, where Marriott will pay $52 million states across the country and implement a raft of cybersecurity improvements under the watchful eye of the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC and state attorneys general announced…

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SCCE-HCCA Chief Abruptly Out

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The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics and the Health Care Compliance Association abruptly parted ways with their joint CEO Gerry Zack on Monday, seven years after he arrived and just weeks after a successful SCCE annual conference.  SCCE and HCCA, which operate as one organization under supervision of a joint board, announced Zack’s departure…

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Compliance Jobs Report: Oct. 4

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The Compliance Jobs Report this week has news from Anthropic, Citibank, Lear Corp., the Gap, Raymond James, and lots more. We also have some work anniversaries to note, and job leads all along the East Coast in banking, higher ed, and photocopying! Meme of the Week goes out to fans of “Mean Girls.” Always remember…

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Justice Dept. Talks AI Concerns

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The Justice Department wants companies tinkering with artificial intelligence to be more open-minded about testing their AI systems and products for vulnerabilities, and specifically wants them to adopt a “vulnerability disclosure program” much the same way tech companies already disclose software bugs. So says Nicole Argentieri, head of the Criminal Division, who delivered a speech…

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Compliance Jobs Report: Sept. 27

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The Compliance Jobs Report this week has news from TransUnion, Timken, Stripe, Uber, Expedia, JLL, and lots more. We also have a few compliance pros opening their own consulting firms, new board directors at SCCE, job leads in healthcare, motorcycles, and mobile phones, and plenty other gossip! Always remember that we need your help to…

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Dispatches From SCCE 2024

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The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics held its 2024 conference this week in Dallas, bringing together more than 1,200 compliance professionals to schmooze, hear news, and attend a battalion of informative sessions on how to address all the compliance headaches that corporations face. As always, Radical Compliance was on the scene to capture the…

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Revamped Compliance Program Guidance!

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The Justice Department is rolling out fresh guidance for how it evaluates corporate compliance programs, with new sections addressing artificial intelligence, a company’s speakup culture, and whether compliance teams have sufficient access to the data they need to keep their programs on the right path. The head of the department’s Criminal Division, Nicole Argentieri, announced…

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Compliance Jobs Report: Sept. 20

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The Compliance Jobs Report this week has new hires at Stryker, Remitly, several crypto firms, and several other places. We also have a slew of promotions to note, including at Citi, BASF, Total, and elsewhere. Job leads are in insurance, media, and adults-only content; and Meme of the Week goes to scoping SOX compliance efforts. …

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Compliance Jobs Report: Sept. 13

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The Compliance Jobs Report this week has news from Walgreens Boots Alliance, Oracle, Apollo Global Management, Citizens, Geico, Ball Corp., and many more. A new association for compliance officers in Europe just launched; we have job leads in airport security, armored cars, and higher ed; and Meme of the Week goes out to presidential debates!…

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Lessons From Deere FCPA Sanction

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Deere & Co. is paying $10 million to settle one of the more colorful FCPA cases we’ve seen in a while, replete with Thai massage parlors, envelopes of cash, sketchy overseas agents — and even a few lessons about compliance fundamentals from due diligence of acquisitions to program remediation. Let’s take a look. The Securities…

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