{"id":8074,"date":"2020-02-21T08:58:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T13:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/?p=8074"},"modified":"2020-04-20T09:13:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T13:13:37","slug":"motel-10-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/motel-10-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Motel 10 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Privacy scandal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to court documents, for over two and a half years, Motel 6 employees provided guest information to Immigration and Customers Enforcement agents.\u00a0 With the information provided, officers screened anyone listed with a Hispanic-sounding last name.\u00a0 Some of the identifiers obtained include license plate numbers, full names, birthdays, and room numbers.\u00a0 While some individuals were simply “looked into,” others were detained or arrested.\u00a0These guest lists were willingly handed over without warrants or subpoenas.\u00a0 As a result, the civil rights activist group Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a class action lawsuit in January 2018.<\/p>\n

The claim was filed in court on behalf of the Motel 6 guests whose private information was compromised.\u00a0 This includes Motel 6 guests in two Arizona locations and in six Washington state locations.\u00a0 In November 2018, the two parties involved in the Arizona disputes came to an agreeable solution, however, a judge rejected the proposed settlement terms.\u00a0 After further deliberations, Motel 6 said it would pay $10 million<\/a> to end the class action, as well as follow a 3-year stipulation to not give guest information to immigration authorities without proper court seizing documentation like a warrant or subpoena.\u00a0 Additional training would also be provided to employees on the sensitive nature and importance of guest confidentiality.<\/p>\n

This month, a federal judge approved the $10 million payout, which would be used to compensate about 2,000 claimants.\u00a0 About $75 would be awarded to those whose privacy was compromised but did not experience any consequences or negative outcomes.\u00a0 Between $5,075 and $200,000 would be awarded to those whose situations escalated to arrests or removal proceedings. \u00a0Another factor that determined the level of payout was if there were children involved. \u00a0Any of the settlement funds not paid to former individual guests would be distributed between various groups, such as the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and TheDream.US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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