Entries tagged with: Automated Targeting System
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FBI Exempts Massive Database from Privacy Act Protections
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has exempted the FBI Data Warehouse System, from important Privacy Act safeguards. The database ingests troves of personally identifiable information including race, birthdate, biometric information, social security numbers, and financial information from various government agencies....
Senate Committee Considers Updates to Federal Privacy Act
The Senate Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee held a hearing today on "The State of Federal Privacy and Data Security Law: Lagging Behind the Times?" The hearing focused on S.1732, the Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age Act of...
EPIC Calls for Suspension of Homeland Security's "Risk-based" Profiling System
EPIC submitted comments to Customs and Border Protection, a component of the Department of Homeland Security, urging the agency to suspend the Automated Targeting System. Although the System was initially created to screen shipping cargo, the agency now monitors individuals,...
Homeland Security Seeks to Expand "Risk-Based" Profiles
The Department of Homeland Security has proposed to exempt its "Automated Targeting System" from certain Privacy Act provisions. The Automated Targeting System creates "risk-based" profiles of individuals traveling to, from, and throughout the United States. The profile contains a plethora...
Department of Homeland Security Expands Use of Watch Lists for "Known Traveler" Program
The Department of Homeland Security has published a Privacy Impact Assessment Update for Secure Flight, a DHS program that compares airline passenger records with various watch lists. The assessment describes the agency's plans to expand the Known Traveler program so...
EPIC Urges Increased Privacy for "Global Entry" Registered Traveler Program
On January 19, EPIC filed comments with the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), urging the agency to “to revise its establishment of the Global Entry program and to reconsider the privacy and security implications of the program.” CBP proposed...
Automated Targeting System
Introduction | News Items | Resources | Comments | Previous Top News Latest News/Events : () EPIC Recommends Suspension of Secret Traveler Profiling Program. In comments (pdf) to the Department of Homeland Security, EPIC urged the agency to either...
