Auto Dealerships are in possession of critical consumer information , including access to customer names, addresses, tax information, credit card numbers, identifying business information, critical employee information, and other financial information which are prime targets for hackers .

With the FTC’s Safeguards Rule deadline going into effect on June 9th , Auto Dealerships will be required to have detailed procedures and specific criteria implemented in order to provide better protection and to curb data breaches and cyber attacks that could jeopardise sensitive customer data.