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June 16, 2005
More Questions about TSA and Privacy
[Secondary Screening] There was nothing quite reportable until today when Homeland Security privacy czarina Nuala O'Connor Kelly let it be known that she is conducting an official investigation: Homeland Security's privacy czar is investigating whether government officials in charge of an airline passenger screening program violated federal privacy laws by expanding testing of commercial data beyond the scope of official statements. Transportation Security Administration officials acknowledge that tests of Secure Flight went further than expected and plan to retroactively expand and clarify its earlier notices to reflect the true scope of its commercial data testing. TSA declined to specify what changes it will make to its Privacy Act notices, which initially said the agency intended...
Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.
[Schneier.com] Schneier on Security: TSA Lied About Protecting Passenger Data: I worked at TSA for over a year, I can not disclose my name, but the situation is much worse than what you would believe. TSA doesn't bring "security" rather than an illusion of it, but this is what matters, I can not say more about it, but if you dig deep enough you will figure out than the whole transport security administration is a joke, they flat lie to the congress and to the citizens they're "protecting." In any case, maybe you shouldn't look into this anyway, some things better remain unknown.
[Horning.blogspot.com] Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be: TSA Failed to Protect ...: "The report raises concerns because Secure Flight ultimately will gather private information, such as names, addresses, travel itineraries and credit-card information, on anyone who takes a domestic flight. That effort could be slowed by a Government Accountability Office study due Monday which is expected to be critical of TSA's efforts to develop passenger-privacy protections... Investigators also found TSA provided inaccurate information to the media about the agency's use of real passenger records for CAPPS 2 testing and wasn't 'fully forthcoming' to the agency's own internal privacy officer during an investigation into the matter."
[Hasbrouck.org] The Practical Nomad blog: Privacy and Travel: The Subcommittee on Infrastructure and Border Security of the USA House Select Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing on the US-VISIT program tomorrow, 28 January 2004. As I've discussed in previous articles , the US-VISIT prgram has come under intense worldwide criticism for subjecting foreign visitors, including tourists... (...Read Entire Entry)
Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, Corrupt, Airport Security, Global Security Watch
Posted at June 16, 2005 10:10 AM
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