Air Passenger Code Plan In Motion (CAPPS II)

[Rose Siding]

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Airlines and airline reservation companies would reportedly be forced to turn over all passenger records to U.S. government officials, who struck out in a trial program was based on voluntary surrender of airline industry data.

Not a single airline agreed to turn over data voluntarily.

The Transportation Security Administration hasn't completely given up on the idea of voluntary surrender of personal information, however.

The Post says the TSA plans to introduce this year a program for frequent fliers who could get through check-in lines at the airport faster - if they agree to give the government access to some of their personal information.

The larger program, involving the databases, has been discussed in government circles for months and has sparked concerns by privacy watchdogs.

The planned database program for monitoring air travelers is called Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-Screening, more commonly referred to as CAPPS II, because the one planned for rollout is a second generation of CAPPS I, the system now in use.

More than 8,000 people wrote the government with their concerns during the public comment period on CAPPS II, which ended on Sept. 30

The American Civil Liberties Union, on its web site, objects to CAPPS II, saying it would make every American suspect, lacks due process protections for people who are unfairly labeled, is based on judgments made in secret, and would be easy for terrorists to circumvent.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/12/terror/main592564.shtml

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Remember, we have retired General Clark to thank for this.

He was the lobbyist for AXICOM who set this up.

Hawkeye-X

[Bolo Boffin]

2. Vague accusations...

CAPPS II was not Clark's idea. Clark worked to have Acxiom be the company that built the system, and he was successful in that.

How is a database of publicly available information a violation of privacy? This will be interesting to watch.