Regulations and Government
GA Groups Step Up Privacy Push for Operators
Both NBAA and AOPA stressed importance of privacy on Capitol Hill
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Business and general aviation groups continued their push for privacy, submitting comments to the FAA, as well as taking their concerns to Capitol Hill.

NBAA weighed in on an FAA request to comment on the removal of personally identifiable information from the Aircraft Registry. Congress, in the most recent FAA reauthorization bill, directed the agency to permit private aircraft operators to request that their information be withheld from public dissemination. The FAA in March followed through on the directive, enabling operators to submit a request through the Civil Aviation Registry Electronic Services (CARES) to withhold this information from public display on all FAA websites.

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