Recent years have seen cybercriminals target the networks of numerous global hotel chains, compromising the personal information of hundreds of millions of guests. As these attacks continue to proliferate, it’s incumbent upon chief compliance officers in the hospitality industry to ensure their data privacy compliance programs remain up to snuff.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...