judge tosses JetBlue class action suit
08-01-2005, 09:21 PM
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judge tosses JetBlue class action suit
Judge Tosses JetBlue Passenger List Suit
Monday August 1, 7:48 pm ET
By Kelly P. Kissel, Associated Press Writer
Federal Judge Dismisses Class Action Lawsuit in JetBlue Passenger List Case
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- JetBlue Airways Corp. violated customers' privacy by turning over passenger lists to the government but the affected people are not entitled to damages, a federal judge ruled in dismissing a class-action lawsuit.
U.S. District Court Judge Carol Bagley Amon in New York City found that JetBlue had violated its agreement not to share passenger data by sharing the information at the behest of the Transportation Security Administration. But Judge Amon said the passengers could not prove damage.
In an order signed Friday, Amon also rejected a claim that JetBlue unjustly enriched itself.
New York-based JetBlue had given the information to Torch Concepts of Huntsville, Ala., a Department of Defense subcontractor and a co-defendant in the suit along with Little Rock-based data broker Acxiom Corp. and SRS Technologies of Newport Beach, Calif., the main DOD contractor in the case.
The plaintiffs sued after learning that TSA, in July 2002, sent JetBlue a written request asking that it supply passenger data for a database being compiled by Department of Defense contractors.
The following September, JetBlue delivered some 5 million passenger name records to Torch Concepts, according to court records. A passenger name record includes addresses, telephone numbers and itineraries.
The following month, Torch Concepts bought additional data from Acxiom, one of the nation's largest consumer data brokers.
Torch Concepts sought the information from JetBlue and Acxiom in an effort to identify people who might be a risk to military installations.
The database built by Torch Concepts included details on whether JetBlue passengers owned or rented their home, how long they had lived at that residence, the number of immediate family members, Social Security numbers and whether they owned or leased their car, the lawsuit said.
Government interest in passenger list data grew after the 2001 terror attacks, and subsequent revelations that airlines turned over passenger lists for government research triggered a number of class-action lawsuits.
Federal law prohibits the government from keeping a secret database, and the Department of Homeland Security has questioned whether it broke the law by failing to disclose its past use of commercial databases in its passenger screening program.
Homeland Security's privacy manager, Nuala O'Connor Kelly, said last month that she was investigating whether any laws were broken in the government's Secure Flight program.
Monday August 1, 7:48 pm ET
By Kelly P. Kissel, Associated Press Writer
Federal Judge Dismisses Class Action Lawsuit in JetBlue Passenger List Case
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- JetBlue Airways Corp. violated customers' privacy by turning over passenger lists to the government but the affected people are not entitled to damages, a federal judge ruled in dismissing a class-action lawsuit.
U.S. District Court Judge Carol Bagley Amon in New York City found that JetBlue had violated its agreement not to share passenger data by sharing the information at the behest of the Transportation Security Administration. But Judge Amon said the passengers could not prove damage.
In an order signed Friday, Amon also rejected a claim that JetBlue unjustly enriched itself.
New York-based JetBlue had given the information to Torch Concepts of Huntsville, Ala., a Department of Defense subcontractor and a co-defendant in the suit along with Little Rock-based data broker Acxiom Corp. and SRS Technologies of Newport Beach, Calif., the main DOD contractor in the case.
The plaintiffs sued after learning that TSA, in July 2002, sent JetBlue a written request asking that it supply passenger data for a database being compiled by Department of Defense contractors.
The following September, JetBlue delivered some 5 million passenger name records to Torch Concepts, according to court records. A passenger name record includes addresses, telephone numbers and itineraries.
The following month, Torch Concepts bought additional data from Acxiom, one of the nation's largest consumer data brokers.
Torch Concepts sought the information from JetBlue and Acxiom in an effort to identify people who might be a risk to military installations.
The database built by Torch Concepts included details on whether JetBlue passengers owned or rented their home, how long they had lived at that residence, the number of immediate family members, Social Security numbers and whether they owned or leased their car, the lawsuit said.
Government interest in passenger list data grew after the 2001 terror attacks, and subsequent revelations that airlines turned over passenger lists for government research triggered a number of class-action lawsuits.
Federal law prohibits the government from keeping a secret database, and the Department of Homeland Security has questioned whether it broke the law by failing to disclose its past use of commercial databases in its passenger screening program.
Homeland Security's privacy manager, Nuala O'Connor Kelly, said last month that she was investigating whether any laws were broken in the government's Secure Flight program.
08-02-2005, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Av8tor
They don't have to pay for their airplanes, they don't have to pay for maintenance on their airplanes, and now this bombshell. 
How is it they don't pay for their aircraft of maint.? I'm sure that Airbus has a fly now - pay later purchase plan, but I don't think they give the jets away. Also, isn't it pretty common to get a warranty on a new car...or even a jet?
I'm waiving the BS flag, got any facts to back up your claim?
08-02-2005, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by WatchThis!
Huh?
How is it they don't pay for their aircraft of maint.? I'm sure that Airbus has a fly now - pay later purchase plan, but I don't think they give the jets away. Also, isn't it pretty common to get a warranty on a new car...or even a jet?
I'm waiving the BS flag, got any facts to back up your claim?
How is it they don't pay for their aircraft of maint.? I'm sure that Airbus has a fly now - pay later purchase plan, but I don't think they give the jets away. Also, isn't it pretty common to get a warranty on a new car...or even a jet?
I'm waiving the BS flag, got any facts to back up your claim?
I guess my sarcasm wasn't obvious enough....... Relax, I was joking.
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