Registered Traveler

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Registered Traveler

• Jody Blanke
• Mercer University
• ALSB, Ottawa
• August 19, 2004

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• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
• Agency within Department of Homeland Security
• Registered Traveler Pilot Program
• Volunteers only
• Information to be provided includes
• Full name
• Other names used
• Social Security number
• Home address
• Home telephone number
• Cell phone number
• E-mail address
• Date of birth
• Place of birth
• Nationality
• Gender
• Prior addresses (5 years)
• Drivers license number
• Biometrics fingerprints and/or iris scan

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• Registered Traveler Pilot Program
• U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, permanent legal
  residents
• Data stored on individuals RT Smart Card and in
  RT databases
• RTs will be required to go through airports
  primary screening, but will not be selected
  randomly for secondary screening
• There will be express or designated lanes for RTs
• Airports
• Minneapolis-St. Paul (Northwest)(July 7)
• LAX (United)(July 23)
• Houston (Continental)((August 3)
• Boston Logan (American)(late August)
• Washington Reagan (American)(late August)
• Pilot program to last about 90 days

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• Biometrics
• Fingerprints, retina scans and iris scans are
  most reliable
• Iris scan
• Non-invasive scan from 3 to 10 inches away
• Recognition tests almost flawless
• Odds against false match 1 in 1.2 million
• Iridian Technologies (patent holder)
• Claims it can match an iris scan in a database of
  100,000 samples in 2-3 seconds. Fingerprint
  match would take 15 minutes

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• Objections (EPIC)
• Need to ensure greater transparency
• TSA has exempted RT from disclosing the
  categories of sources of records in the system
• Need to provide enforceable rights of access and
  correction
• No time lime or appeal process for requests to
  access data
• Need to limit collection of information to the
  relevant and necessary
• TSA has exempted RT from Privacy Act requirement
  to limit data collection to the relevant and
  necessary

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• Other Programs
• Frankfurt airport
• 6-month program to test 3-second iris scan
• UK airports
• 5-year program to test 12-second iris scan for
  foreign nationals
• US-VISIT
• Department of Homeland Security
• Entry and exit pilots for foreign visitors
• Entry program began in Jan. 2004 at 115 airports
  and 15 seaports
• Exit program begins in Aug. and Sept. at 15
  airports
• Travel documents reviewed, two index fingers
  digitally scanned, digital photograph taken.