Airlines Quietly Sell Passenger Data to ICE Without Travelers’ Permission or Knowledge

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Airlines selling passenger data to ICE without travelers’ knowledge is raising major privacy concerns. Frequent flyers may want to check their miles—your next reward could be a government file, not a free upgrade. Airlines and ICE together: who knew your itinerary came with bonus surveillance?

As it turns out, the practice of airlines quietly selling passenger data to ICE isn’t some industry myth—records from 2023 revealed carriers like United Airlines and American Airlines participated. So, “Airlines quietly sell passenger data to ICE” isn’t clickbait; it’s a wake-up call for anyone booking a flight, reminding us that every boarding pass might double as a dossier in ICE’s digital archives.

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