The next frontier in the privacy debate: Your flight
The airplane cabin is about to get smart, raising passenger expectations and privacy concerns. Technology that manufacturers are fine-tuning will bring convenience to passengers and information about fliers’ habits to airlines. It’ll start rolling out in about 2 years. Privacy experts are already questioning how much information an airline should collect. They draw a line at data that’s personally identifiable, like keeping track of whether a passenger sleeps during flights, watches action movies, or drinks a lot of wine—without explicit consent. “Companies are collecting too much information about consumers in the name of convenience and micro-targeting,” says the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Manufacturers say they won’t collect individualised data without passenger permission. <br/>
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The next frontier in the privacy debate: Your flight
The airplane cabin is about to get smart, raising passenger expectations and privacy concerns. Technology that manufacturers are fine-tuning will bring convenience to passengers and information about fliers’ habits to airlines. It’ll start rolling out in about 2 years. Privacy experts are already questioning how much information an airline should collect. They draw a line at data that’s personally identifiable, like keeping track of whether a passenger sleeps during flights, watches action movies, or drinks a lot of wine—without explicit consent. “Companies are collecting too much information about consumers in the name of convenience and micro-targeting,” says the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Manufacturers say they won’t collect individualised data without passenger permission. <br/>
