Judge Dismisses Privacy Lawsuit Against Northwest Airlines in EPIC V. Northwest Airlines
Northwest violated a published privacy statement in sharing Customer Data with federal researchers. The customer data was not subpoenaed and was freely shared upon request. The most interesting element of the court's findings: the EPCA Only Applies to ISPs and Tellecommunication Carriers. The courst decision states: "We find that Northwest’s privacy policy did not unambiguously preclude it from sharing data with the federal government; that, even if it did, such a promise would be unenforceable as against public policy". Here is an article from Out-Law which has a a free eponymously title magazine.