FC: Commenting on DoT's airline passenger tracking system

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Wed Feb 19 2003 - 07:04:13 PST

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    Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 23:53:32 -0800
    To: declanat_private
    From: Deborah Pierce <dspat_private>
    Subject: Comments needed now on DOT plan to implement portions of CAPPS II
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    Hi Declan,
    
    In the middle of January the DOT put a notice in the Federal Register 
    wanting to create a system of records that's exempt from the Privacy Act.
    
    Comments need to be submitted by Monday, Feb. 23.
    
    This system of records looks suspiciously like CAPPS II. Here's the link to 
    the Federal Register notice: http://cryptome.org/tsa011503.htm. I thought 
    this was a stealthy end run around the debate that should take place before 
    such a surveillance plan is put into place, particularly since people will 
    never be able to access the information collected about them, and 
    particularly given all of the debate around the Total Information Awareness 
    system.
    
    PrivacyActivism has drafted a sample letter asking for the proposed regs to 
    be withdrawn. You can use this as a starting point for your own letter, or 
    just print it out, sign it and mail it. See 
    http://www.privacyactivism.org/Item/63 for the links to this letter in a 
    variety of formats, and tips on writing good comments.
    
    Comments need to be mailed (fax and e-mail comments are not supported) to
    
    Documentary Services Division
    Attention: Docket Section, Room PL-101
    Docket No. OST-1996-1437
    Department of Transportation, SVC-124
    Washington, DC 20590
    
    Since comments are due on Monday, Feb. 24th, mailing them out before Friday 
    of this week is important.
    For more information about the CAPPS II system people can view these link:
    http://www.privacyactivism.org/Topic/CAPPS.
    
    I'd really appreciate it if you could post this to Politech -- the more 
    people who send letters to DOT the better.
    
    Best,
    Deborah
    
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    Deborah Pierce
    Executive Director
    Privacyactivism
    
    Bellevue, WA
    San Francisco, CA
    
    415-225-1730
    dspat_private
    www.privacyactivism.org
    
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