Airlines Will Stop Selling Passenger Data to ICE (EXCLUSIVE)
Airline Reporting Corp., which captured billions in ticket transactions and allowed warrantless searches by U.S. agencies, will shut down by year’s end after mounting scrutiny from Congress.
WASHINGTON — Airlines Reporting Corporation has terminated its controversial Travel Intelligence Program that sold hundreds of millions of passenger travel records to federal agencies without warrant requirements, following revelations that the IRS conducted warrantless searches of Americans’ flight data.
In an email obtained by Migrant Insider, ARC President and CEO Lauri Reishus notified Congressional Hispanic Caucus staff Friday that “the small number of government TIP customers have been notified that the program is ending this year.”