Homeland Security's privacy panel (open) what is coming down the road

[The Straight Story]

Open meetings planned for Homeland Security's privacy panel

By Sarah Lai Stirland, National Journal's Technology Daily
The Homeland Security Department on Wednesday unveiled the 20 members it has picked to form a privacy advisory committee.

The committee will advise the department on how to protect people's privacy at the same time as the department develops surveillance technologies designed to protect the nation against terrorists.
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The panel also will study identity-management issues related to the use of biometric data. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags are another "huge issue," Kelly said, because Homeland Security is widely testing the use of such tags to track the movement of people and goods.

For example, the department is testing the placement of RFID tags on passenger luggage in order to make sure bags loaded onto airplanes are actually traveling with their owners, she said. And the US-VISIT program to track foreign visitors is testing the use of the tags for cars that make frequent trips across the border. The goal is to make the process quicker and more efficient.


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