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Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS

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CBP’s contract with ARC started in June 2024 and may extend to 2029, according to the documents. That includes location data harvested from smartphones , utility data , and internet backbone data. A decade ago the public rejected that approach, and Congress passed surveillance reform legislation that banned domestic bulk collection.

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