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===Settlement with New York State Attorney General=== | ===Settlement with New York State Attorney General=== | ||
In January 2017, Acer reached a settlement with the New York Attorney General’s office, agreeing to pay $115,000 in penalties and adopt a range of security reforms. These included designating employees to oversee data protection, implementing annual staff training, adopting multi-factor authentication, deploying intrusion detection systems, and conducting regular penetration tests and vulnerability assessments. Acer also committed to following credit card industry data security standards and to hold service providers to the same level of compliance. | In January 2017, Acer reached a settlement with the New York Attorney General’s office, agreeing to pay $115,000 in penalties and adopt a range of security reforms.<ref name=":0" /> These included designating employees to oversee data protection, implementing annual staff training, adopting multi-factor authentication, deploying intrusion detection systems, and conducting regular penetration tests and vulnerability assessments. Acer also committed to following credit card industry data security standards and to hold service providers to the same level of compliance. | ||
==Consumer response== | ==Consumer response== | ||