The airlines reporting corporation (arc)—a data broker jointly owned by major u.s Airlines including delta, united, american, southwest, alaska, jetblue, and others—has decided to terminate its travel intelligence program (tip) by the end of 2025 This program had been selling access to a massive database of passenger flight records to various u.s Government agencies without warrants or. The november 18 letter—signed by senator ron wyden, congressman andy biggs, congressional hispanic caucus chair adriano espaillat, and senator cynthia lummis—revealed the irs accessed the database without conducting a legally required review to determine whether purchasing americans’ travel data requires a warrant. The irs has accessed a massive database of americans' flight records without warrants, sparking bipartisan outrage and privacy concerns
Major airlines sell this data to federal agencies, bypassing legal safeguards This deep dive explores the implications for surveillance and civil liberties in the digital era. An anonymous reader shares a report The irs accessed a database of hundreds of millions of travel records, which show when and where a specific person flew and the credit card they used, without obtaining a warrant, according to a letter signed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers and shared with 404. In december 2023, lawmakers wrestled with whether—and, if so, how—to extend section 702 in the face of national security warnings and bipartisan privacy concerns, particularly allegations that u.s Persons’ communications were being collected without a warrant.
