Passenger Data

Well it looks like the airlines are up to trying to invade privacy
again. A travel agent I know showed me a document that was given to
them by an airline that is going to require the travel agents to
electronically transmit on a monthly basis air ticket revenue and
segments produced of ALL airlines based on the specifications set
forth.

The specifications can be found at http://www.prism-grp.com/ - scroll
down to PRISM Specifications Air Data Only on the left side of the
page to view the data that this airline wants travel agents to release
to a third party which is Prism Group, Inc.

Now Prism is stating in this document that items such as form of
payment, passenger names, flight numbers will be "masked", but these
items must still be transmitted.

Once again, the airlines are trying to bully travel agents to disclose
their sales data. This is data that should be confidential between
the travel agent and their customers. The airline will tell the agent
that if they don't sign then they will not be able to sell the tickets
on that airline or get any type of special incentive to sell tickets
on that airline. The airlines own ARC who travel agents have to
report their sales to weekly. I'm wondering if ARC is sees something
wrong with this disclosure and does not want to get involved as this
is the data that is required to be transmitted to ARC by travel agents
weekly.

Please take a moment to let Prism Group know how you feel about your
privacy. The president's email address is