'Problematic' carriers can look forward to scrutiny, fines, and new rules
The probe will look at air carriers' policies and procedures to determine if they are safeguarding personal info properly, unfairly or deceptively monetizing it, or sharing it with third parties, the agency said yesterday. If they're indeed doing anything"problematic," they can look forward to scrutiny, fines, and new rules, says the DOT.
"This review of airline practices is the beginning of a new initiative by DOT to ensure airlines are being good stewards of sensitive passenger data." It won't have escaped anyone's notice, though, that airlines flying to and from the United States already are obliged to share airline passenger name records with the US Department of Homeland Security – including names, telephone and credit card numbers, and more, soon after they've booked a flight. The hope would be that the government's system security is beyond reproach.
It assures folks that data won't be shared outside of DHS"unless the recipient agency has a proper need to know the information and can ensure the information will be properly protected." So that's alright then.'It's like they took a rug and covered it up': Flight booking web app used by scores of airlines still vuln to attack – claim
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