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Lawmakers seek probe into US failure to enforce airline passenger privacy rules

By Thomson Reuters Aug 26, 2026 | 1:08 PM

WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Two Democratic U.S. ​lawmakers on ‌Wednesday asked a congressional watchdog agency to investigate ‌the ​Transportation ⁠Department’s failure ⁠to ensure privacy of airline passengers.

Senator Ron Wyden ​and Representative Shontel ⁠Brown asked ⁠the Government ​Accountability Office ​to investigate USDOT, saying ‌it has never brought any enforcement ⁠cases tied to passenger data for ⁠over ‌40 years “despite ⁠numerous widely-publicized ​privacy ‌disasters impacting ​hundreds of ⁠millions of travelers.”

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris ​Reese)