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Major US Airlines Caught Selling Traveller Data To US Government (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/privacy@programming.dev

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Extensive passenger data has been sold to the US Government by major airline companies including Delta, United Airlines, and American Airlines, new documents reveal.

US travellers' domestic flight records, including their names, full itineraries, and financial details were sold to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

CBP is a part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). They said they acquired the data to track people of interest's air travel.

The documents, obtained by 404 Media, showed that passenger information was sold through a data broker that major airlines including Delta, American Airlines and United Airlines collectively own.

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I thought this was a given anyway, when you enter your info it also checks against government no fly lists, and the government uses it to intercept wanted people

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't this full itineraries and other information beyond that? It's an invasion of privacy and the airlines should be liable and the government should be stopped from doing it.

The only way to fix these kids of breaches is to hold the people who do it as responsible as the company.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The US government spied on their own citizens, I doubt they care about privacy issues with airlines.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

What I mean is that they should be made to care. The airlines with fines. The government with lost votes.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The government wouldn't have to buy that data, they just mandate the companies to follow the law.

This is different, it's them buying personal information (including personal and financial information). This is the last thing you want from the government, especially one that's turned fascist.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Based on DOGE they have that data already