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An airline-owned data broker collected US travelers’ flight records, sold them to Customs and Border Protection, and then as part of the contract told CBP to not reveal where the data came from, according to a contract obtained by 404 Media.

wrd.cmAirlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHSA contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.

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In an ideal world, yes, but people still need to travel. However, we can chose our airlines more judiciously. Re-regulation would definitely help if the US had a normal president and was running a normal government. I wouldn’t trust him with any of that.

I agree that a FUNCTIONAL government is mandatory. But so is an advanced, state-of-the-art rail system. The US needs more than the second-world, shared-with-the-freight-industry system we have. Eurail is AMAZING!

This underscores the urgent need for clear regulations governing data collection, sale, and use, particularly when it involves sensitive personal information and government agencies. Protecting traveler privacy while ensuring national security requires a balanced and transparent approach.

So now we're going to have to drive or take a train? This is getting ridiculous. How hard is it for companies to actually protect the data of their customers? I would rather stop traveling then to give them one more cent of my money. Corporations have gone too far!

Yet one more reason not to get on a plane. Add in. Trump and CO’s gutting of the FAA, deregulation, lack of oversight etc. - trump destroys everything. When’s the next big protest?