First multiple unconstitutional but enfirced anyways by the federal, state and local governments (they checked with themselves and deemed it legal) require, even when paying cash that the hotel have a list of the "room occupants" as a work around to the 4th Amendment, making it a 3rd party "exception".... the government(s) then require the hotels to provide the "lists" without a warrant to any/all law enforcement that just walks in and asks, with absolutely no exceptions. Only way not to be onthe list, is to never rent the room; always make the provider the "renter", plus if there are damages you won't recieve extra charges or notifications to pay to fix.
of course the 4th amendment doesn't state that the private parties need to prove whether private parties’ privacy expectations are reasonable. The Fourth Amendment tells the government agents’ what searches and seizures are reasonable, and with no warrant then it's unreasonable... but government doesn't care, and decided for itself that the 4th amendment is to be ignored since its now just a guideline and no longer an actual prohibition of what it can't do.
hoteliers’ records are open to law enforcement collection and review without any legal process.
There would be no end to it if the government were allowed self determine when it felt like following the US Constitution and the 4th amendment and to require businesses to perform surveillance on its behalf. Banks could be made to collect and turn over sensitive financial information about customers. The phone company could be made to turn over information about Americans’ calling behavior. The list goes on.
Now if you’re privacy conscious, you already recognize that the federal government already does require banks to turn over sensitive financial information about non-suspect Americans. The government collects phone calling records, every text message transcript, every email transcript, every voicemail message, .all your search histories, etc.... about as many Americans as it can every day, all without a warrant or even any probable cause of a crime having committed. Add to the fact gps location via cell phones, and ALPR's/EzPass and they have all your location history.
These violations are adhered to for government unconstitutional requirements, but businesses don't want ti fight legal battles, when the government gets to investigate itself and will find that its doing nothing wrong.
https://reason.com/blog/2016/01/12/homeland-security-asking-hotel-staff-to/amp
https://www.cato.org/blog/does-government-require-hotelier-spy-you
https://www.cato.org/events/travel-surveillance-traveler-intrusion
