Airlines Are Collecting Your Data and Selling It to ICE
a year ago
- #aviation
- #data_privacy
- #immigration
- A massive aviation industry clearinghouse processes data for 12 billion passenger flights annually.
- This data, including flight itineraries, passenger records, and financial details, is sold to the Trump administration.
- The information is used in the Travel Intelligence Program, a secretive government intelligence operation.
- The data is provided to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agencies.
- Details of the program were revealed in ICE procurement documents released on Wednesday.