Airlines Secretly Selling Passenger Data to the Government

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Title Airlines Secretly Selling Passenger Data to the Government
Update ID SCHNEIER:3980626FF7E4EBD424DC5E291762873A
Type schneier
Published 2025-06-12T15:44:47
Last Updated 2025-06-12T15:44:47

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CVSS Score 0.0
Severity NONE
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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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