June 23, 2009

Clear ID is at the End of the Road

Monday night Clear ID was shuttered because the parent company could not come to terms with a major creditor. The Clear Registered Traveler Program provided speedy processing through airport security at a cost of $128. Those who registered were given a biometric ID card that could be used to bypass regular security lines. The Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration contracted with Verified Identity Pass, Inc. (VIP), a private company to run the program. VIP reported the theft of a laptop containing registration information from its San Francisco office. The question remains on what will happen the information on thousands of travelers who registered for the program, now that the company has gone out of business.

Beware of Media Hustler Steven Brill; "Clear Lanes" Fails, David Weir, BNET