3 major airlines secretly sold your data to the government

Your credit card and flight information are now in the hands of the feds.

Jun 10, 2025 - 20:14
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3 major airlines secretly sold your data to the government

Most people don’t expect a ton of privacy when they hop aboard a flight, with TSA doing a full body scan, luggage and carry-on searches being standard practice, the occasional TSA pat-down, and of course, travelers regularly filming in-flight scuffles.

But, even as so many people happily post their itineraries on social media and TikTokers document every step of their travels, most passengers probably aren’t expecting that detailed information about their flight patterns is being sold to the government by the airlines they’re trusting to get them from Point A to Point B.