Pax Personal Privacy Perhaps a Problem?

C-117 · Post by **C-117** » 24 Jun 2004, 18:57

The recent Special Article regarding an airline sharing - or not sharing - a passenger's personal information with law enforcement and national intelligence agencies highlights the growing concern for an individual's right to privacy and touches on the controversy surrounding what many term ethnic "profiling". Is it worth it from the standpoint of the majority of the flying public? Is it a further erosion of what is becoming more commonplace globally in view of the war on terrorism? Times have changed since 9/11/02. What's your position on this subject?

A318 · Post by **A318** » 24 Jun 2004, 21:39

My position is easy, security and safety comes before privacy.
People that have nothing to hide don't have to worry.
So I say very good to do everything possible to make air travel and tourism as safe as possible again.

Greetz,

Erwin

Post by **luchtzak** » 25 Jun 2004, 00:17

My question is: what are they doing with the passenger information?

Post by **sn26567** » 25 Jun 2004, 08:59

If I remember correctly, this information is destroyed after 3 years.

VC10 · Post by **VC10** » 25 Jun 2004, 10:20

A318 wrote:My position is easy, security and safety comes before privacy.
People that have nothing to hide don't have to worry.
So I say very good to do everything possible to make air travel and tourism as safe as possible again.

Greetz,

Erwin

I have to agree with Erwin, after 9/11 everything possible has to be done to ensure the safety of air travel, although it can never be 100% secure.

concordino · Post by **concordino** » 25 Jun 2004, 16:37

Very alliterative title to this thread, C-117.

With all freedoms being eroded this particular one is no more problem - virtually everything we do is monitored and recorded in some way - even my supermarket keeps a record of my buying habits. Just today a colleague was contacted by his credit card company as there were purchases made with his card which were out of his normal spending pattern ( his card had been cloned) so they were checking up! Here in Belgium all our personal details are available on our SIS cards, bank details are readily available etc., etc.

I guess the only way not to be monitored is to only have cash and never travel, live in a box under a bridge and don't break the law.

Sleep well

Concordino

Allnipponairways · Post by **Allnipponairways** » 25 Jun 2004, 21:36

i totally agree , safety first then privacy ... if you have nothing to hide why cry out about personal privacy ... dont you wanne be safe in the airport and airplane

greets

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 26 Jun 2004, 10:28

I have nothing to hide, but this doesn't mean that everything about me should be made "public" !!! We still all deserve some privacy.....

Times have changed since 9/11/02

it's 09/11/01

Chris
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