Is anyone else disturbed by this revelation about JetBlue releasing information on millions of their passengers to a defense contractor?
Below is taken from a WSJ article describing it.

"A nonprofit privacy-rights organization filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, alleging that JetBlue Airways and a Little Rock, Ark., data-base management firm misled consumers by supplying JetBlue passenger data to a Pentagon contractor working on a project to enhance security at military bases.

Electronic Privacy Information Center said in its complaint that the airline and Acxiom Corp. violated their own privacy policies and engaged in deceptive trade practices by providing data to Torch Concepts, a Huntsville, Ala., technology concern working on a project for the Defense Department.

The privacy group asked the FTC to investigate the information and dissemination practices of JetBlue and Acxiom; order them to notify all individuals affected by the transaction that their personal data were disclosed to the Pentagon contractor; enjoin the two from violating the Federal Trade Commission Act; and pay civil penalties as may be appropriate.

Marcia Hofmann, EPIC staff counsel, also said the group has sent requests for information about possible involvement in the JetBlue matter to the Transportation Department, the Army and the Transportation Security Administration.

A spokeswoman said the FTC has received the complaint from EPIC and will review it carefully.

Discount carrier JetBlue a year ago agreed to give Pentagon contractor Torch five million passenger records to help with the nonairline project. Torch married some of those customer itineraries with other demographic data on some of the fliers that it purchased from Acxiom. Torch, unbeknownst to JetBlue, in March presented some of the information in a paper at a conference under the title "Homeland Security: Airline Passenger Risk Assessment." The paper, which included personal data about one actual JetBlue customer, also was posted on the conference organizer's Web site, where it remained for six months.

After Wired magazine's online edition broke the story last week, JetBlue conceded that the entire project was a mistake and that providing the passenger information violated its own privacy policy. As of yesterday afternoon, the New York-based carrier said it had received 1,500 e-mails from angry customers and privacy advocates. A spokesman late yesterday said he couldn't comment on the EPIC complaint to the FTC.

But JetBlue yesterday said it has retained Deloitte & Touche to "assist the airline in its analysis and continued development of its privacy policy" following the release of passenger itineraries to Torch. Torch's outside lawyer has confirmed to the carrier that no identifiable customer data were released to any third party, including the Defense Department or the TSA, the airline said. David Neeleman, JetBlue's chief executive, said the carrier doesn't intend to participate in the TSA's development of a computerized airline-passenger screening program.

An Acxiom spokesman said the company didn't violate its privacy policy, in terms of its provision of information for this application.

Torch said late last week that the release of such a detailed paper at a conference and on a Web site was "unfortunate" and a "misunderstanding," and said the JetBlue passenger data have been destroyed. " "