Comment Re:So basically... (Score 0) 94
And lets not forget: this rule would affect more companies than just those that are "effectively stealing from people by making it impossible to cancel."
I fear you are confusing a normal event with what is essentially a surveillance tool that is really designed to record without anyone knowing.
Which is why the come with a little LED that lets everyone know recording is taking place. Seems like they're even making them so if you put tape over the LED, it disables recording...
My point is that if I catch you recording on my property without my permission, you will be visited by officer friendly for trespassing.
That's not how trespassing works. Trespassing has nothing to do with recording. As officer friendly would likely explain to you: you'd have to ask me to leave, and then I would have to refuse to leave, before a trespassing violation occurs...
What I don't understand is, the TSA already has all of this information sans perhaps the credit card info. Why is the government, who is already in possession of this data, paying the airline surrogate for it?
My understanding is the government is supposed to destroy the records it collects within a relatively short time frame. Buying the data means they can hold onto it for as long as they want...
I'm all for computer dating, but I wouldn't want one to marry my sister.