[privacy] Report Says TSA Violated Privacy Law

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Washington Post.

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Secure Flight, the U.S. government's stalled program to screen domestic air
passengers against terrorism watch lists, violated federal law during a
crucial test phase, according to a report to be issued today by the
Homeland Security Department's privacy office.

The agency found that by gathering passenger data from commercial brokers
in 2004 without notifying the passengers, the program violated a 1974
Privacy Act requirement that the public be made aware of any changes in a
federal program that affects the privacy of U.S. citizens. "As ultimately
implemented, the commercial data test conducted in connection with the
Secure Flight program testing did not match [the Transportation Security
Administration's] public announcements," the report states.

The finding marks the first time that the Homeland Security Department has
acknowledged that the problem-plagued Secure Flight program has violated
the law. It comes at a time when a separate program to screen international
passengers is under attack for officials' failure to disclose until
recently that they were creating passenger profiles that would be stored
for 40 years.

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More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR200612210
1621.html

- - ferg

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