[IP] Federal Agencies Secretly Sharing Passenger Data
Begin forwarded message:
From: Barry Steinhardt <BSTEINHARDT@xxxxxxxx>
Date: April 21, 2006 3:50:54 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Federal Agencies Secretly Sharing Passenger Data
Dave,
It has come to light that Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
signed a secret agreement with the Centers for Disease Control to
share airline passenger information. This despite the fact that a
public comment period is underway before the CDC over that agency's
effort to institute its own CAPPS II/Secure Flight-style airline data
collection regime. And, despite the fact that such sharing appears
to violate the conditions of the US-EU agreement that was reached to
allow the sharing of European passenger data with the US government.
The secret agreement was referenced in a little-noticed paragraph in
comments filed with the CDC by the Air Transport Association.
We have filed a FOIA seeking information on the agreement. A press
release as well as our FOIA and our previous comments on the issue to
the CDC can be found athttp://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/
25246prs20060421.html
An article on the secret agreement, which was first noticed by
Federal Computer Week, is online at http://www.fcw.com/
article94142-04-20-06-Web
The ATA's comments to the CDC, which includes the paragraph
disclosing the agreement on page 5, is at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/
dq/nprm/comments/2006Mar1_ATA.pdf
Barry Steinhardt
Director Technology and Liberty Project
ACLU
Director Technology and Liberty Project
ACLU
125 Broad Street NYC 10004
212 549 2508 (o) 917 412 7139 (mobile)
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