Hello Flyertalk,

I am a student at Monmouth University in an ethics class working with a 2-man team in the UK to distinguish the differences between the US and UK and also to create a Privacy Policy for an Airline website.

To the generosity of Krystal at Southwest Airlines, I have found out about this forum.

I have researched a handful of the major airlines here in the United States, studying their Privacy Policies. I have found that all of them are nearly identical. They all include what types of information they gather, the technologies they use which can identify you, how to remove gathered information from children under 13 years of age, etc.

My question to you guys, is what underlying laws, policies, procedures of which we students are struggling to find, make all of these major airlines have the same privacy policies?

I have with no success found anything on the FAA's website, nor found any relatable government website to show perhaps some laws or rules in which information can be handed over or used in perhaps ways that would not be satisfactory to those who value their privacy.

If anybody has anything related to privacy that might help, please reply. No matter how insignificant you might think it is, outside of admiration for flying I have no good understanding, and my team desperately needs some material to advance with.

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Kind Regards,

Peter Camamis (Team U.S.)
Monmouth University
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