Gary, As far as I see, this only relates to employees, members and customers of Marriott's Time Share unit and not their hotels unit. I believe that anything we are doing with Marriott for the board meetings would be totally different. I have never given Marriott my social security number nor my bank account number. I am not concerned. - Bill N3LLR _____ From: Gary Johnston [mailto:gary@one.net] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:04 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13430] Marriott customer data for 200,000 missing As many of us are Marriott customers, I found the following disturbing. /Gary KI4LA/ -- Marriott customer data for 200,000 missing December 28, 2005 ORLANDO, Fla. --The timeshare unit of Marriott International Inc. is notifying more than 200,000 people that their personal data are missing after backup computer tapes went missing from a Florida office. The data relates to 206,000 employees, timeshare owners and timeshare customers of Marriott Vacation Club International, the company said in a statement Tuesday. The computer tapes were stored in Orlando, where the unit is based. The company did not say when the tapes disappeared. They contained Social Security numbers, bank and credit card numbers, according to letters the company began sending customers on Saturday. ... (article continues) ... http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/12/28/marriott_customer_data_fo r_200000_missing/