The U.S.’ Flying "Rights"
Want to talk loss of privacy? Want to talk frightening? If I were a British passenger, I’d give serious thought to never flying to America again. If booking a ticket means that the Americans can view my cc statements and my email - and hold open those “files” for up to 8 years - then I’m thinking that maybe photos of the Statue of Liberty would be better than seeing it in person.
Britons flying to America could have their credit card and email accounts inspected by the United States authorities following a deal struck by Brussels and Washington.
By using a credit card to book a flight, passengers face having other transactions on the card inspected by the American authorities. Providing an email address to an airline could also lead to scrutiny of other messages sent or received on that account.
Source: US ‘licence to snoop’ on British air travellers
What the hell has happened to LIBERTY?
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