Northwest gave passenger information to NASA

January 19, 2004 - Privacy News

The personal information of millions of Northwest Airlines passengers was given to NASA shortly after the attacks on 9/11. The airline had previously said that it would not turn over passenger information to anyone.

NASA wanted the information to determine whether data-mining is a viable tool to thwart terrorism.

More information is available at <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26037-2004Jan17>.

Last updated January 19, 2004