TSA Data Dump Leads to Lawsuit
This is a good time (again) to mention UnSecureFlight.com.
Kim Zetter writes in Wired News:
Following accusations last month that the Transportation Security Administration violated the Privacy Act in testing its new airline passenger-screening program, four individuals sued the agency Thursday.
They want the TSA to dig deeper for commercial data records it may have collected on each of them to test the Secure Flight program, and to hand over those records. The individuals also filed a motion to prevent the agency from destroying records before the lawsuit is resolved.
"Until the court has determined that they conducted an adequate search for my clients' documents, I think the document destruction should cease," said attorney Jim Harrison, who represents the four plaintiffs. He was referring to a recent TSA announcement that it was already destroying Secure Flight records.
Harrison filed the lawsuit in a federal district court in Anchorage, Alaska, where his clients reside.
Under the federal Privacy Act, government agencies that collect data on individuals must let them access the data and correct errors found in the records.
posted by Fergie @ 8/18/2005 10:43:00 AM
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