“Millions of companies, particularly small businesses, rely on web hosting providers like GoDaddy to secure the websites that they and their customers rely on.”
The FTC says GoDaddy’s lax security exposed its 5 million hosting customers through breaches from 2019 to 2022. It also misrepresented its Privacy Shield compliance. The order carries no fine. GoDaddy gets a security program and an assessor every two years.