by Edward Hasbrouck | Dec 13, 2013
There is virtually no legal protection for the privacy of personal information about travelers on U.S.-based airlines: • There is no general consumer privacy law in the U.S. like those in Canada or the European Union. Businesses can do pretty much anything they...
by Edward Hasbrouck | Sep 5, 2013
In a preliminary ruling in a lawsuit brought by the ACLU three years ago on behalf of a group of people who have been prevented by the U.S. government from traveling by air, a Federal judge in Oregon has found (1) that international air travel is a...
by Edward Hasbrouck | Aug 22, 2013
After a year-long “review,” the White House on August 12, 2013, approved the State Department’s proposed new “long form” questionnaires for some (unspecified) subset of applicants for US passports. In approving these forms, the Office of...
by Edward Hasbrouck | Jan 9, 2013
One of the most important principles that protects consumers of travel services is that travel is a right. Your right to travel (both in general and specifically by air) is recognized by U.S. law and by international human rights treaties. That’s why an airline...
by Edward Hasbrouck | Jan 25, 2012
If you used a US-issued VISA or MasterCard, or a VISA or MasterCard-branded ATM card, to make purchases or withdraw cash in foreign currency between 1996 and 2006, look for a check like the one below in your mail this week. Mine was delivered yesterday, so yours might...
