Data Privacy

Laptop: Proprietary Information Seizure

1. Take the ACTE Situation Response Survey regarding Laptop Seizures ... Read More
2. NPR: Suit Accuses Homeland Security of Illegal Searches ... Read More
3. ACTE Survey Shows Threat of Laptop Seizure at U.S. Borders Still Unknown to International Business Travelers ... Read More
4. CNN Video: Laptop Seizures ... Read More
5. Computerworld: 5 things you need to know about laptop searches at U.S. borders ... Read More
6. CNN: Suit: Airport searches of laptops, other devices intrusive ... Read More
7. USA Today: Groups want feds to disclose policies for seizing, copying travelers' computers ... Read More
8. ACS Blog: Border Searches of Electronic Devices ... Read More
9. The Washington Post: Clarity Sought on Electronics Searches: U.S. Agents Seize Travelers' Devices (Free Registration Required) ... Read More
10. Canada Laptop Q & A ... Read More
11. Traveling Abroad with Laptop Computers and Other Electronic Media: What You Need to Know... Read More
12. Risk of Laptop Seizure by Customs or Border Patrol Officers Impacts International Corporate Privacy...Read More
13. Laptop seizure raises concerns over firms' data...Read More
14. At U.S. Borders, Laptops Have No Right to Privacy...Read More
15. No privacy for laptops...Read More

REAL ID

1. United States Department of Homeland Security Report No. 2007-01, Notice of Propose Rulemaking for Implementation of the REAL ID Act ... Read More
2. United States Department of Homeland Security REAL ID Proposed Guidelines: Questions & Answers ... Read More
3. Management.travel: Some State Driver Licenses May Not Suffice As ID at Airports ... Read More
4. e-Travel Blackboard: ACTE Calls For One Year Delay On Initial Phase of Real ID Implementation ... Read More
5. Travel Daily News: ACTE calls for one year delay on initial phase of real ID implementation ... Read More
6. Cato Institute: Business Travel Group Seeks Change to REAL ID ... Read More
7. ACTE Calls For One Year Delay On Initial Phase of Real ID Implementation ... Read More

Automated Targeting System (ATS)

1. U.S. Government Accountability Office to release report that DHS is breaking privacy laws? Read more
2. The European Union has requested further information from the United States following the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published information on its Automated Targeting System (ATS). At present, the EU and US have a temporary agreement - expires July 2007 Ð under which European citizen Passenger Name Record (PNR) data is shared within negotiated strict privacy limitations. The concerns, commented upon by European Commission Vice President Franco Frattini, cite "significant differences between the way in which PNR data are handled within the Automated Targeting System on the one hand and the stricter regime for European PNR data according to the undertakings given by the DHS."
   For additional information on the EU clarification request, please click here. Read the DHS, 2 November 2006, publication DHS-2006-0060. Read the current EU-US Agreement.
3. ACTE Asks Department of Homeland Security to Halt Automated Targeting System (ATS) ... Read More
4. DHS Privacy Impact Assessment for the Automated Targeting System...Read More
5. Overview of the DHS Automated Targeting System...Read More

DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIPS)

1. DHS Launches Traveler Redress Inquiry Program
   DHS TRIP provides a central gateway for travel- related issues ... Read more
2. Read DHS preface to the TRIP Program.
3. Greeley Koch submits comment to US Department of Homeland Security regarding the Traveler Redress Inquiry Point (DHS TRIP)... read more.
4. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces launch of the DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP), an inquiry point for travel-related issues. Effective February 20, 2007 the DHS TRIPS will act as the central processing point for redress inquiries for additionally screened individuals availing themselves of the opportunity to file an inquiry with DHS in order to have erroneous information corrected in the DHS systems.
   To read the full DHS release click here.

RFID

1. Canada's New Government Proposes to Boost Airport Security With Biometric Technology...Read More
2. Background Material on Biometrics & Enhanced Network Systems for the Security of International Travel

Registered Traveler Program (TSA)

1. Registered Traveler Program Policy and Implementation Issues...Read More
2. Greeley Koch October 2006 Commentary on the TSA Guidelines For Registered Traveler SE/SP...Read More
3. Speeding Up Travel- ACTE Executive Director Susan Gurley comments on possible impacts of the Registered Traveler Program in Human Resource Executive...Read More
4. BTNOnline Reporter's Notebook: ACTE Flags Registered Traveler Concerns...Read More

Traveler Security

Travel Advisory

1. Speeding Up Travel... Read More
2. February 2007 travel warning has been issued for Kenya due to ongoing safety and security concerns. This supersedes the Travel Warning of August 10, 2006…Read More.
3. For current U.S. Travel Advisories please visit the U.S. Department of State.
4. Click here for Canadian Consular Affairs Travel Warnings.

Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)

1. DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff to announces intent to relax WHTI passport requirements for children crossing US-Canadian Borders by land and sea scheduled for January 2008…Read the DHS Press Release.
2. ALERT: Effective January 23, 2007, passports are required for air travel to/from Canada, Mexico, and any non-U.S. owned islands in the Caribbean ... Read More
3. ACTE Endorses WHTI Final Rule For Transborder Identification ... Read More
4. DHS Announces Final Western Hemisphere Air Travel Rule...Read More
5. Travel Documents for crossing the border...Read More
6. New Requirements for Travelers...Read More
7. Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Western Hemisphere Transport Initiative (WHTI)...Read More

'Open Airport'

1. ACTE Opposed to "Open Airport" Proposal By TSA ... Read More

3-1-1: Air Travel Carry-Ons

1. US Eases Rule on Gels and Liquids in Carry-OnsRead More

ACTE Task Force Comments

1. ACTE Task Force Member, Bruce McIndoe, CEO, iJET Intelligent Risk Systems discusses TSA Rule Changes click here

International Policies & Regulations

Canada

1. Read the three-member Advisory panel review of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) Act Report...Flight Plan: Managing the Risks in Aviation Security
2. Blue Sky: Canada Takes its International Air Policy to New Heights...English | French

European Union

1. The Washington Post: Travelers to Europe May Face Fingerprinting (Registration Required, Find ACTE on Page 2) ... Read More
2. EU and US Agree to Tentative Open Skies Agreement ... Read More
3. The U.K Government, as part of Prime Minister's policy review, is considering relaxing data protection laws to allow data-sharing across governmental agencies. The government organized a consultation group, composed of 100 members of the public, entrusted to debate the privacy/data-sharing "trade-off" on 15 January 2007. The group is expected to report back to Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet in early March. To read more on Prime Minister Blair's Policy Review please click here .
4. The European Union has requested further information from the United States following the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published information on its Automated Targeting System (ATS). At present, the EU and US have a temporary agreement - expires July 2007 Ð under which European citizen Passenger Name Record (PNR) data is shared within negotiated strict privacy limitations. The concerns, commented upon by European Commission Vice President Franco Frattini, cite "significant differences between the way in which PNR data are handled within the Automated Targeting System on the one hand and the stricter regime for European PNR data according to the undertakings given by the DHS."
   For additional information on the EU clarification request, please click here. Read the DHS, 2 November 2006, publication DHS-2006-0060. Read the current EU-US Agreement.

United States

1. DHS Ends Oral Declarations at Borders, Reminds Travelers of New Procedures on January 31 ... read more
2. FAQ - New Border Crossing Procedures Beginning January 31 2008 ... read more
3. Important Change in International Land and Sea Travel Document Procedures... read more