Global Data Protection and Security Issues
How Safe Are We in 2008?
Click here to visit ACTE's Traveller Security and Data Privacy webpage.
Traveller Security and Data Privacy News
- ACTE President Richard Crum Speaks with WTOP News Radio about Laptop Seizures
- Kiplinger: Battle Brewing over Fingerprinting Proposal...Read More
- e-Travel Blackboard: ACTE also to oppose new US biometric screening ... Read More
- TTG Live: Acte and Iata oppose US biometric proposal ... Read More
- ACTE Joins IATA in Opposition to DHS Biometric Program...Read More
- Modern Agent: ACTE Unveils Honors at Annual Conference ... Read More
- ACTE Presents U.S. Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka with Association's Highest Award...Read More
Click here to see some of the topics discussed at this year's Global Symposium.
Look at any newspaper or listen to any news program today and there is sure to be a story about data protection and security. It’s an issue that affects everyone, but particularly the international business traveler who has little or no control over how their personal information is stored or disseminated globally or by whom.
National security concerns have impacted both travelers’ mobility and data privacy. Increased tensions around the globe have forced our international government agencies and law enforcement bodies to implement physical and virtual protection mechanisms for improving the safety of civilians, as well as the protection of information. In this new security environment, travelers have had to react and adjust to new technical and compliance requirements that many times impede the conduct of business. Some of the most pressing travel issues today include:
- Shared international security databases
- Transatlantic data privacy conflicts
- Laptop seizures at U.S. border crossings
- Traveler fingerprinting and other biometric measures currently under exploration
- Traveler tracking
Symposium Moderator and Panelists
