Airlines Secretly Selling Passenger Data to the Government – Source: www.schneier.com

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A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected U.S. travellers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and then as part of the contract told CBP to not reveal where the data came from, according to internal CBP documents obtained by 404 Media. The data includes passenger names, their full flight itineraries, and financial details.

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Tags: air travel, data collection, data privacy, privacy

Posted on June 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM • 9 Comments