Sunday, January 25, 2004
ZDNet India has this insight on Privacy.
In the non-fictional world we live in, unfortunately, there are numerous examples of privacy erosion.
Soon after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Northwest Airlines submitted millions of passenger records--including credit card numbers, addresses and telephone numbers--to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Ames Research Center after company officials publicly stated that it "never provided this type of information to anyone".
The carrier told The Washington Post that the data was for a secret US government project to improve aviation security. Although passengers were not informed, Northwest officials insist privacy policies were not violated. Not so, says information-privacy group The Electronic Privacy Information Center. The organization plans to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday.
This is the second such case in the United States. Last year, JetBlue Airways admitted to violating customer privacy when it handed over 1.1 million passenger records to the US Defense Department. Passengers have since taken class-action lawsuits against the airline.
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- posted by sankarshan @ 1/25/2004 06:40:00 AM
