[e-privacy] EFF Releases Interim Report on the Automated Targeting System

[Andrea Glorioso]

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/07/eff-releases-interim

EFF today released an Interim Report on the Automated Targeting System
(ATS) through which the Department of Homeland Security monitors and
assigns risk assessment scores to Americans and others who cross into
or out of the United States. The data reviewed under the ATS system
includes seven large government databases, plus the Passenger Name
Record data from the airlines (which includes data like whether you've
ordered a Muslim or Hindu or Jewish special meal). Effectively, if you
travel internationally, ATS creates an instant, personal and detailed
dossier on you that CBP officers use to decide whether you get to
enter the country, or will be subject to an enhanced (and potentially
invasive) search. EFF's report details what we've learned about the
ATS program from the over 2,000 pages released by the government so
far. We note that because of government's very heavy redacting and
refusal to release key information Americans remain in dark about how
this powerful system is used on travelers. EFF's Interim report was
written by Shana Dines.

DHS has continued to release documents to EFF so we'll update the
report as additional useful information comes out.

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Ciao,

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