Privacy--a right or a privilege?

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what did the government give in return?

I wonder what the government gave in return for this information. Didn't the airlines have some money issues around the time that this information exchange took place? I'm foggy but I almost think they got some financial relief. I understand that all parties may have good intentions, and that they needed the money partly because of the threat of terrorism (at least they say that. There is a strong argument for poor business practices too.), but that wouldn't exclude them for trying to get some money for this cooperation, at least some favors in DC. This is just speculation, but I think its worth thinking about, just for a moment even, all the same. I mean most businesses dont voluntarily hand over this information, its valuable, there are issues with the privacy, maybe not yours but maybe theirs. I wouldn't want airline B to see my, airline A's, passenger list. I'd have all kinds of concerns. How much is it going to cost me to gather this data and make it available to the person requesting it? Who is going to be seeing my data? How do I know they wont steal my data and sell it?

If the government came to me and said "hey, we want your company's customer list, the most important, valuable, secret data you have...", i'd say no, not unless i have to. Someone else might say "one hand washes the other"

Posted by: travis9   Posted on: 01/21/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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