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February 09, 2006
EPIC confronts proposed CDC rule change
from Electronic Privacy Information Center:
EPIC Urges CDC to Limit Passenger Data Collection
EPIC said in comments (pdf) to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that it should limit a proposed rule that would require airline and shipping industries to gather passenger information, maintain it electronically for at least 60 days, and release it to the CDC within 12 hours of a request. EPIC urged the CDC to narrow the scope of data collected to that which is necessary and set strict security standards to keep passenger data secure from unauthorized access and misuse. The CDC also should require the clear and open disclosure that travelers can refuse to submit their information without facing penalties, EPIC said. For more information, see EPIC's Medical Privacy page. (Jan. 31)
A major complaint that EPIC has that reminds me of EFF's letter to the State Department concerning RFID is the vague assurance of "industry standards for data encoding" that will keep all of our citizen data secure as it gets beamed from agency to agency. It makes me wonder how strict the policy makers really care for the guidlines to be.
Posted by xncroft at February 9, 2006 06:16 PM
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