Federal Agencies Secretly Sharing Passenger Data

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Barry Steinhardt <BSTEINHARDT () aclu org>
Date: April 21, 2006 3:50:54 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Federal Agencies Secretly Sharing Passenger Data



Dave,



It has come to light that Department of Homeland Security (DHS)  
signed a secret agreement with the Centers for Disease Control to  
share airline passenger information. This despite the fact that a  
public comment period is underway before the CDC over that agency's  
effort to institute its own CAPPS II/Secure Flight-style airline data  
collection regime.  And, despite the fact that such sharing appears  
to violate the conditions of the US-EU agreement that was reached to  
allow the sharing of European passenger data with the US government.



The secret agreement was referenced in a little-noticed paragraph in  
comments filed with the CDC by the Air Transport Association.



We have filed a FOIA seeking information on the agreement.  A press  
release as well as our FOIA and our previous comments on the issue to  
the CDC can be found athttp://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/ 
25246prs20060421.html



An article on the secret agreement, which was first noticed by  
Federal Computer Week, is online at http://www.fcw.com/ 
article94142-04-20-06-Web



The ATA's comments to the CDC, which includes the paragraph  
disclosing the agreement on page 5, is at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ 
dq/nprm/comments/2006Mar1_ATA.pdf



Barry Steinhardt

Director Technology and Liberty Project

ACLU



















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