Dept. of Homeland Security Violates Privacy Req.'s
Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT), ranking member of the Governmental Affairs Committee, has written a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge claiming that DHS has not fulfilled its privacy requirements in regards to a new a new entry-exit checking system. Specifically, the Department has failed to conduct and make public a "privacy impact assessment" on a biometric technology program developed for use in the US VISIT program, which will maintain a database of information on anyone entering the U.S. on a visa. The privacy impact assessment is required under the E-Government Act of 2002.
DHS Violates Privacy Impact Requirements With US VISIT Technology
Senate Committee on Government Affairs, December 4, 2003
