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RateGain announces GC
RateGain Travel Technologies Limited announced the appointment of Mukesh Kumar as its new general counsel and company secretary, joining as senior vice president – legal & compliance.
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ARI announces general counsel
Travel retailer ARI announced the appointment of Laura Lee O’Driscoll as general counsel.
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Seminole Hard Rock promotes diversity chief
Seminole Hard Rock Support Services announced the promotion of Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Stephanie Piimauna to senior vice president of people and inclusion.
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Kering Americas promotes GC to president
Luxury group Kering Americas announced the promotion of General Counsel Ewa Abrams to president, effective Aug. 1.
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PremiumQ&A: FlightHub compliance officer on shift to culture of compliance
Sona Bedrossian, FlightHub Group’s general counsel and compliance officer, explains to Compliance Week how the online travel agency embeds compliance into its technology.
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ArticleNYDFS penalizes Carnival $5M for cybersecurity failures
The New York State Department of Financial Services announced a $5 million penalty against Carnival Corp. for “significant” cybersecurity failures, including not implementing basic protocols to prevent four separate data breaches from 2019-21.
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Carnival reaches $1.25M settlement over 2019 data breach
Carnival Cruise Line reached a $1.25 million settlement with 46 attorneys general stemming from its 2019 data breach that involved the personal information of 180,000 Carnival employees and customers nationwide.
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ArticleCarnival CECO Peter Anderson resigns
Peter Anderson, Carnival’s first chief ethics and compliance officer and a central figure in leading the cruise line giant through its environmental compliance monitorship, has resigned. Richard Brilliant, Carnival’s chief audit officer, will replace Anderson in the new role of chief risk and compliance officer.
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Carnival to pay $1M for environmental probation violation
Cruise line operator Carnival Corp. has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a $1 million penalty for violating a condition of its probation relating to its environmental compliance plan.
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ArticleFRC 2022 reviews to focus on climate risks, fraud
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council will prioritize climate-related financial disclosures in company accounts and climate risks in audits as key areas of supervisory focus for 2022/23.
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ArticleBig week for breaches: McDonald’s, Carnival, and more
Multiple high-profile companies—including Carnival, Wegmans, McDonald’s, Volkswagen, and CVS—have confirmed in recent days they were either victims of a data breach or were alerted to a gap in their security controls.
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Carnival general counsel steps down
Global cruise line operator Carnival Corp. announced Arnaldo Perez has stepped down as general counsel. Perez, who held the position since 1995, will remain at Carnival as senior vice president and company secretary.
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Travel service company to pay $6M for violating Cuba sanctions
Generali Global Assistance has agreed to pay approximately $5.9 million for violating U.S. sanctions. The action comes a week after OFAC amended its Cuban Assets Control Regulations.
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Carnival taps compliance and ethics chief to lead investigations
Global cruise line operator Carnival Corp. announced the appointment of Peter Hutchison as senior vice president, deputy chief ethics and compliance officer. Hutchison will lead Carnival’s Incident Analysis Group.
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Article‘Tale of Two Storms’: Carnival compliance case study to launch Sept. 14
CW is excited to announce the upcoming publication of its first-ever case study, a deep dive into the history of environmental transgressions at Carnival, its path back to compliance under new leadership, and its shift to crisis management mode when COVID-19 hit.
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Carnival discloses ransomware attack
Carnival Corp., already hit with a complete halt of business since April due to the coronavirus pandemic, is the latest major company to reveal the discovery of a ransomware attack.
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Hilton Grand Vacations adds chief accounting officer
Timeshare dealer Hilton Grand Vacations announced the appointment of Carlos Hernandez as senior vice president and chief accounting officer.
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ArticleCarnival CECO trying to right the ship amid ‘two storms’
The entire cruise industry was hit hard by coronavirus, but for Carnival CECO Peter Anderson the challenges were twofold: How to steer his company through both a compliance monitorship and a global pandemic.
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ArticleThe seven worst compliance fails of the coronavirus pandemic
Compliance and ethics fails during the coronavirus pandemic have done more than hurt companies’ images. They’ve cost lives.
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ArticleExecutive pay cuts a growing trend during coronavirus
Hundreds of companies around the world have announced drastic cuts to the salaries of their senior executives as one way to reduce the unprecedented financial blow caused by the coronavirus pandemic.