Quartz reporter David Yanofsky found himself in 2015 facing a fee of $174,000 to access two databases of the U.S. International Trade Administration that included information of U.S. visitors by origin, age, residency port of entry, visa type and initial destination. (Quartz, April 3, 2018, by David Yanofsky)
The Department of Commerce charges travel and travel-related companies for information, but a federal district judge ruled that there was no justification for charging the press for the data. (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, April 5, 2018, by Jenn Topper)