Re: Registered Traveler Plan Raises Privacy Issues

[Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com>]

> From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
> X-UOL-SENDER: fergdawg () netzero net
> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:09:29 GMT
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: [funsec] Registered Traveler Plan Raises Privacy Issues
>
> Oh, goody. More opportunities for inept private companies to
> "inadvertently disclose" your privacy information.

Actually, I think that the real reason the government is not running
this is because they are not allowed to collect such info.  At least,
that was my impression from the TIA furor...

> [snip]
>
> Airline passengers who buy a preapproved security pass could have 
their credit histories and property records examined as part of the 
government’s plan to turn over the Registered Traveler program to private 
companies.
> In announcing the new plan Friday, the Transportation Security 
Administration said the Registered Traveler card would let frequent 
fliers go through airport security lines more quickly if they pay a fee, 
pass a government background check and submit 10 fingerprints. The 
program will begin June 20.
> The agency announced that it would require companies to conduct more 
in-depth security background checks, for example, “by using commercial 
data specifically authorized by customers, or by other voluntary means.”
> [snip]
>
> http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10939789/
>
> *sigh*
>
> - ferg
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
>  fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
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>
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