Airlines Selling 5 Billion Domestic Flight Records to U.S. Government

Airlines selling 5 billion domestic flight records to U.S. government

A data broker with five billion domestic flight records is selling access to the U.S. government, enabling warrantless searches of airline passengers’ data. The records, which include passengers’ names, flight itineraries and financial information, have been made available to agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Secret Service. Documents obtained by 404 Media through a public reco…

Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching

New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.

Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records To the Government For Warrantless Searching

404 Media: A data broker owned by the country's major airlines, including American Airlines, United and Delta, is selling access to five billion plane ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching and monitoring of peoples' movements, including by the FBI, Secret Service, ICE, and many other agencies, according to a new contract and other records reviewed by 404 Media. The contract provides new insight into the scale of the sale …