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@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-11-18 23:18:26

Airline data broker to stop selling individuals’ travel records to government agencies therecord.media/airline-data-b

Airline data broker to stop selling individuals’ travel records to government agencies
News that the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) will shut down its controversial Travel Intelligence Program (TIP) surfaced in a letter ARC CEO Lauri Reishus sent to a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday.

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2026-01-20 03:21:38

California residents now have a real tool against the data broker industry.
The state has launched DROP, a single portal to demand deletion of your personal data from 500 registered data brokers in one request, for free.
To start: consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov/

@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-11-18 16:02:34

IRS Accessed Massive Database of Americans Flights Without a Warrant 404media.co/irs-accessed-massi

IRS Accessed Massive Database of Americans Flights Without a Warrant
A bipartisan letter reveals the IRS searched a database of hundreds of millions of travel records without first conducting a legal review. Airlines like Delta, United, American, and Southwest are selling these records to the government through a co-owned data broker.