ST. PAUL - A Minnesota judge dismissed seven class-action lawsuits brought against Northwest Airlines by passengers whose personal information was provided to NASA (news - web sites) for an aviation-security research project.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson rejected the plaintiffs' contention that Northwest had violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, saying attorneys failed to show that passengers were harmed by the data sharing.
In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Northwest provided NASA with passenger data from the last three months of 2001, including names, flight numbers, credit card data, hotel reservations, car rentals and traveling companies.
The passengers who filed the lawsuits alleged that Northwest breached its own privacy contract.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040609/ap_on_bi_ge/airlines_privacy_1I think many 'reasonable' people are offended. This is a bias ruling! I don't care who appointed this judge he should be impeached!