WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore. and Ranking Member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio., requested the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the Department of Transportation's (DOT) ongoing failure to protect passenger privacy using its authority to regulate the practices of commercial airlines and ticket agents.
DOT has had the sole authority to protect passenger data for more than 40 years, yet, according to a review by the Congressional Research Service, it has never taken a privacy enforcement action-even after major incidents affectin...