US Department of Homeland Security: Privacy Office report(pdf). Using a ludicrously small number of samples, ie, six to seven, the DHS Privacy Office found that: - "requests for PNR took more than one year to
US Department of Homeland Security: Privacy Office report(pdf).
Using a ludicrously small number of samples, ie, six to seven, the DHS Privacy Office found that:
– “requests for PNR took more than one year to process” – far exceeding the legal time limits in the US Privacy Act and Freedom on Information Act and there were “inconsistencies” as to which “information was redacted” (censored);
– individuals requesting “all data” are not given their PNR data;
– as a result of the majority of individuals who should have been sent their PNR data were not
– there was a large backlog of unanswered requests because of lack of staff.
For background see: Can you really see what records are kept about your travel? (Edward Hasbrouck’s blog)
and Statewatch’s Observatory on the exchange of data on passengers (PNR) with the USA