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Major US Airlines Caught Selling Traveller Data To US Government (www.wired.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/24413447

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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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The original Wired article is a substantially better source than the IBT, which is slop that owns the likes of Newsweek and the Latin Times. On Wikipedia, we avoid citing it wherever possible.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Just edited the link, thanks!

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

a data broker that major airlines including Delta, American Airlines and United Airlines collectively own.

🤡 capitalism

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[–] towerful@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Papers, please