Data brokers capitalize on privacy law gaps, selling personal data for profit without individuals' knowledge or consent. They provide information on movements to various entities, including law enforcement, incentivizing further exploitation. An investigation by 404 Media uncovered that the Airlines Reporting Corporation secretly sold travelers' flight records to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which now tracks individuals of interest without warrant. ARC contains over a billion records, raising concerns about unlawful surveillance of innocent travelers as law enforcement expands its watch over a larger demographic.
Data brokers exploit gaps in privacy laws to harvest our information for profit, selling precise movements without consent to private and public actors, including law enforcement.
A recent investigation revealed that ARC, a data broker owned by several major U.S. airlines, collected and sold travelers' flight records to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
ARC's Travel Intelligence Program aggregates over one billion passenger records, allowing law enforcement to track individuals of interest, increasing surveillance on innocent travelers.
The government circumvents the Fourth Amendment by accessing information that would normally require a warrant, while concealing the source of such information from border forces.
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