Over the past few years, Taylor Swift has fought against people sharing the flight information of her private planes on social media. Fortunately for the pop sensation, she got some good news in that regard last week.
Swift and her legal team have continually fought against those sharing her flight information publicly. Her lawyers have been engaged in a legal battle with Florida college student Jack Sweeney for his social media account where he posts the flight information for Swift’s private plane.
Back in February, Swift’s lawyers threatened legal action against him in a Cease and Desist letter to Sweeney.
“For the past year, through these Offending Accounts, you have engaged in stalking and harassing behavior, including consistently publishing real-time and precise information about our Client’s location and future whereabouts to the public on social media. This conduct poses an imminent threat to the safety and wellbeing of our Client and must stop. We request that you immediately cease and desist from any further publication of this information, remove all currently-posted content on the Offending Accounts, and permanently terminate the operation of the Offending Accounts (and any similar accounts involving our Client),” the letter read.
The letter went on to claim that Sweeney was “notorious for disregarding the personal safety of others in exchange for public attention and/or requests for financial gain.”
In a response to the Cease and Desist letter, Sweeney’s attorneys said there is “nothing unlawful” about Sweeney’s actions, pointing out that he was simply sharing information that was available to the public.
Now, however, it might not be as easy for Sweeney and others to track Swift’s flights.
In a stroke of good news for the pop superstar, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) implemented new legislation on Friday that will likely make it harder to track her private planes.
Under the new regulations, private aircraft owners can now request that the FAA withhold their registration numbers for non-commercial flights. Additionally, the administration will keep personal details, such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails, out of public view.
The new law allows aircraft owners who demonstrate a security need to apply for a new aircraft identification code, which is used by the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system to track aircraft in real time.
Given Swift’s previous attempts to shut down the sharing of information about her flights due to safety concerns, it’s likely that Swift will indeed request for her information to become private, and it’s pretty clear that she will be able to demonstrate a security need.
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Author: Kevin Harrish