Lawmakers Seek Probe Into Airline Privacy Enforcement
Democratic lawmakers asked the government watchdog to investigate the Department of Transportation for failing to enforce airline passenger privacy rules over four decades. The inquiry highlights concerns over corporate exploitation and warrantless surveillance of millions of travelers.
Two lawmakers in the United States urged a federal watchdog Wednesday afternoon to investigate transit regulators over a 40-year failure to enforce passenger data privacy rules. Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Shontel Brown pressed the Government Accountability Office to review the Department of Transportation. The agency has never brought a single enforcement case tied to traveler privacy despite numerous data breaches affecting hundreds of millions of people.
