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Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., requested...

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., requested information from the top 10 revenue earning airlines on how they manage consumer privacy and pricing issues, said a committee news release Monday (http://1.usa.gov/1ldC61U). There isn’t a federal law governing the use…

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of consumer travel information, and consumer advocates have stated that it’s “difficult for consumers to learn what information airlines and others in the travel sector are collecting, keeping, and sharing about them,” said Rockefeller in a letter to the airlines, which included Delta, Southwest and US Airways. Rockefeller asked the airlines a series of questions related to privacy and pricing standards and requested a response by Sept. 5.