Traveller screening 'against privacy laws' in US

America’s Homeland Security Department is breaking the law by not telling the public how personal information is used to screen international travellers, government investigators say.

Traveller screening 'against privacy laws' in US

America’s Homeland Security Department is breaking the law by not telling the public how personal information is used to screen international travellers, government investigators say.

One of the screening programmes at issue is a computer-based system called the Automated Targeting System, used by the Customs and Border Protection agency to rate the risk posed by travellers coming to and leaving the US.

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