Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Aug. 5 called on American Airlines to suspend its “innovative partnership” with popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok, citing privacy and data security concerns. American Airlines announced the partnership with TikTok on Monday, saying it would allow passengers to get 30-minutes of free access to the platform. TikTok, Rubio said, is notorious for its collection of children’s personal information, including phone numbers, locations, and even biometric data. “As you know, in 2019, the U.S. Government launched a national security review of TikTok due to data privacy and data security concerns—a review which remains active to this day,” Rubio wrote in his letter (pdf) to American Airlines Chairman and CEO Doug Parker. Under the Trump administration, U.S. officials sounded the alarm that Chinese tech hardware and software could be exploited by Beijing for spying, citing China’s national intelligence law that mandates companies and individuals to cooperate with …