Airlines may cooperate with CAPPS II; but insist on 'privacy principles' first.(EPN News Roundup)(Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System)(Brief Article)

Emergency Preparedness News, March, 2004

The airline industry is willing to cooperate with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in implementing its Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II), but not until TSA adopts privacy protections for personal information, according to the Air Transport Association (ATA).

ATA unveiled its seven "privacy principles" before a House Transpiration aviation subcommittee hearing where industry representatives and congressmen alike continued to criticize TSA's neglect of passenger privacy (EPN, Feb. 24, p. 25). ATA's principles state that TSA must:

1. Ensure it collects only personal data relevant to aviation security.

2. Ensure that data is correct and disposed of after a passenger has completed a trip.

3....

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