APIPNR Project

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Advance Passenger Information (API)/Passenger
Name Record (PNR)
Presented to the Association of Public Sector
Information Professionals May 27, 2004 Andrea
Spry, Innovation and Technology Branch Canada
Border Services Agency

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Overview of Presentation

• API/PNR Overview
• Our Changing World
• Challenges
• Key Accomplishments

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Overview Canadas API/PNR Program

• API/PNR is a joint initiative between the Canada
  Border Services Agency (CBSA), previously the
  Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA), and
  Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).
• Implemented on October 7, 2002 for the air mode
  to
• facilitate the flow of legitimate, low risk
  people and goods and
• focus resources on those of unknown or
  potentially high risk.

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PNR
Overview Canadas API/PNR Program
API

• Collected on each traveller and crew member.
  (wheels up).
• Consists of
• Full name of traveller
• Date of birth
• Gender
• Citizenship or nationality
• Travel document type, country of issue and number
• Automatically queried against customs and
  immigration enforcement databases.
• Results of the queries will be received in
  targeting units prior to the flights arrival in
  Canada to identify persons who pose a known
  risk, prior to their arrival in Canada.

• Collected on each traveller and crew member.
  (wheels up).
• Consists of all reservation and departure control
  information that can be accessed through carrier
  systems. For example
• Passenger details
• Itinerary
• Ticket information
• Address
• Check-in information
• Analysis of PNR data will enhance identification
  of high-risk travellers and improve the
  development and analysis of intelligence
  information.

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Status of API/PNR

• The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is
  receiving API data from all commercial air
  carriers, although not for every flight that
  arrives in Canada.
• CBSA officials are working with carriers to
  improve API data quality.
• Collection of PNR data for the air mode began
  July 8, 2003.
• All commercial air carriers and charterers are
  required to provide PNR data on passengers by
  September 2004.

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Our Changing World
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2001
2004
2003
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Privacy Impact Assessment Policy

• The Government of Canada became the first
  national government in the world to make Privacy
  Impact Assessments (PIAs) mandatory.
• Federal departments and agencies now have a
  consistent framework to identify and resolve
  privacy issues during the design or re-design of
  programs and systems.
• PIA has been completed for API/PNR initiative.
• PIA is underway for sharing data with the U.S. on
  high-risk travellers.

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Privacy Impact Assessment Policy

• Challenges
• Was uncharted territory time resource
  intensive
• Process resulted in unforeseen system changes to
  enhance protection of travellers data
• Additional costs
• Privacy issues are global ongoing work with
  European Union re. Canadas plans to share
  traveller data received from European carriers
  with the U.S.

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Ultimately beneficial Canada deals with a
  single organization.
• Challenges
• Key DHS resources were dedicated to integration
  activities
• Loss of resources on API/PNR pushed out dates
  for automated sharing of lookout information
• Transition growing pains

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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

• As part of the Department of Public Safety and
  Emergency Preparedness, the CBSA brings together
  key border security and intelligence functions.
• Mandate
• To manage the nations borders by administering
  and enforcing the 75 domestic laws that govern
  trade and travel, as well as international
  agreements and conventions.
• To build on the success of the Canada-United
  States Smart Border Declaration to ensure the
  twin goals of economic security and public
  safety.

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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

• Challenges
• Business as usual during transition period to
  bring together
• the customs program from the former Canada
  Customs and Revenue Agency.
• the intelligence, interdiction, and enforcement
  functions from Citizenship and Immigration
  Canada.
• the passenger and initial import inspection
  services at ports of entry from the Canada Food
  Inspection Agency.
• Creation of a new CBSA Information Technology
  organization.

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API/PNR Accomplishments

• Canadian National Risk Assessment Centre (NRAC)
  established on Jan.12, 2004, a counterpart to the
  U.S. National Targeting Center.
• Letter of Agreement between Canada and the U.S.
  governing the sharing of lookout information
  signed on January 12, 2004.
• Automated sharing of customs lookouts started on
  January 13, 2004. Work is underway to expand to
  immigration lookouts.
• Both countries are on track to implement
  reciprocal data exchange later this year.