Airlines and their payment-clearing partner quietly sold searchable travel and payment data to federal agencies including the IRS and FBI, giving the government a back door into records it would normally need legal process to obtain. Now a proposed class action argues that violated financial privacy laws.
The federal government isn’t spposed to have access to all of your travel itineraries and payment details without a good reason. They need to put their requests in writing or even have a subpeona. Some information is available to TSA for checking aga... [3782 chars]