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Travel Privacy
      
Date Article Title Publication Author Synopsis
6/30/2009 Registered Traveler: Data privacy, security prompts chairman's inquiry Federal Computer Week Alice Lipowicz The House Homeland Security Committee chair wants TSA oversight in the shutdown of Clear.
6/26/2009 Out of business, Clear may sell customer data Computerworld Robert McMillan Clear's airport security screening service has ceased operations, prompting travelers to question what will happen to the personal information they submitted in exchange for quick passage through airport security checkpoints. 
6/11/2009 Ban on Whole Body Imaging Would Hurt TSA, Chief Says  Homeland Security Today Mickey McCarter The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says an amendment to restrict the use of whole body imaging scanners at airport security checkpoints would severely limit the TSA's ability to identify terrorists.
6/8/2009 Flying?  Don't book under a nickname New York Times Susan Stellin The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Secure Flight program goes into effect later this summer, meaning that air travelers will need to begin divulging their dates of birth at the time of ticketing, and should align their identity on various forms of identification.
6/3/2009 Planning a Summer Vacation? Be a Privacy-Smart Traveler Privacy Rights Clearinghouse   The lazy days of summer are just around the corner and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) has some advice for vacationers: don't be lazy about your personal information.
6/1/2009 DHS expands RFID use at borders today Federal Computer Week Alice Lipowicz The U.S. Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative went into effect yesterday, imposing new, more stringent border-crossing requirements on those returning or passing into the U.S. from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean via land or sea.
6/1/2009 House to consider ban on airport body scans Congress Daily Chris Strohm The TSA Authorization Bill goes to the House floor, including a proposed amendment to ban government security officials from using whole body imaging scanners at primary airport security checkpoints.
12/21/2008 Expert:  TSA Screening Is Security Theatre, TSA Head Disputes Claim CBS News   Security expert Bruce Schneier called Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening practices at U.S. airports "security theater." 
12/8/2008 Laptop searches at border might get restricted statesman.com Joelle Tessler There has been an uptick in complaints about Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policies on border searches.
11/25/2008 New machines scan IDs at border crossings USA Today Mimi Hall Five stations along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico are now outfitted with machines that read radio frequency identification-enabled passports and IDs.
11/19/2008 TSA's 'behavior detecion' leads to few arrests USA Today Thomas Frank Some experts say more study is needed to determine whether a "behavior detection" program currently in place at 150 U.S. airports is effective.
10/21/2008 Air passenger screening program to launch in 2009 The Associated Press Eileen Sullivan The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will today announce the final rule on its national air passenger screening program.
10/8/2008 Privacy groups praise bill curbing warrantless laptop searches Computerworld Jaikumar Vijayan The Travelers' Privacy Protection Act of 2008 is being hailed by privacy and civil rights groups.
 
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