|
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. |
