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Feds to Review Privacy Practices of 10 Largest Airlines

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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg recently announced the Department of Transportation (DOT) would undertake a privacy review of the nation’s ten largest airlines. Specifically, they will look at their policies...more

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Southwest Airlines Wins Injunction Barring Travel Site from Scraping

On September 30, 2021, a Texas district court granted Southwest Airline Co.’s (“Southwest”) request for a preliminary injunction against online travel site Kiwi.com, Inc. (“Kiwi”), barring Kiwi from, among other things,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Portland City Council Passes Strongest Ban on Facial Recognition in US

The City Council of Portland, Oregon unanimously passed a ban on facial recognition, set to take effect in January 2021. The Portland ban is currently the strongest in the United States, preventing not only government...more

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Bureau of Economic Analysis Ramps Up Data Gathering

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The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, published 10 notices on Jan. 27, 2020, regarding annual and quarterly surveys that track various types of foreign investment into the United...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

EUR 30,000 For A “Simple Cookie Banner”?!? – Spanish Supervisory Authority Fined For Non-Compliance

The Spanish supervisory authority agencia española protección datos (“Supervisory Authority”) has issued a fine against an airline based on their use of a cookie banner, which the Supervisory Authority considered not to be...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Southwest Airlines Biometric Information Case Dismissed—Sent to Arbitration

We have been following litigation surrounding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), and noting that many employers have been sued for using fingerprints for employees to clock into their jobs....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Airline Cargo Company Sued Under Illinois Biometric Law

Alliance Ground International is the latest company to be sued for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) for collecting and storing its employees’ fingerprints without their consent....more

Locke Lord LLP

The Collection of Passenger Data - Draft Directive Back on Schedule

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The EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive has had a turbulent ride: it was first proposed in 2011, rejected in 2013 by the Civil Liberties Committee and discussions suspended a year later. It was then revived in the...more

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Data Privacy and Passenger Name Records - MEPs Approve EU Rules With Data Protection Safeguards

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Draft EU rules on sharing and protecting Passenger Name Record (PNR) data of people flying to or from the EU, were approved by the Civil Liberties Committee on 15 July 2015. Once passed into law, this data will be collected...more

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity

In Flight Catalog: Senator Rockefeller Opens Inquiry Into Consumer Data Practices by Airlines

Last week, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) sent a letter to the top ten revenue generating passenger airlines in the United States, opening an inquiry into their practices related to charging additional fees for optional...more

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