1. United States
2. Md.
3. Letter

The SEC purchased over a billion airline ticketing records — including flights between foreign countries that never touched U.S. soil — from a data broker called ARC, which is owned by Delta, United, American, and other major carriers. Passengers had no idea their travel records were being sold, and the government was almost certainly accessing this data without a warrant. That is a direct violation of Americans' right to privacy, and it needs to stop. I want you to launch a formal investigation into the SEC's purchase of this data and push for legislation that bans government agencies from buying private travel records as a workaround to Fourth Amendment protections. ARC only shut down this program after press coverage and congressional pressure — which proves oversight works, but also proves we cannot rely on voluntary compliance. A clear legal prohibition is the only real fix.