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Our government, in its ever expanding efforts to "protect" Americans from perceived endogenous and exogenous threats will add the Automated Targeting System (ATS) threat module to the Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS) in December 2006.¹

ATS collects commercial, cargo and personal data² directly and via links to other databases. The data so collected will be retained for up to forty years. These data will be shared with virtually every governmental and non-governmental entity involved in threat assessment and reduction, except the general public and the individuals or entities about whom the data pertains.

To the extent these data are used to adversely affect any lawful interests of any American, due process requires that these data be made available to these individuals and entities for challenge.

America and Americans must not, ever, tolerate a governmental system of secret data used to affect a lawful interest of any individual or entity without these data being made available to the affected individual or entity. Any system to the contrary is by definition a kangaroo system in which no democratic government has any legitimate interest.

Web: Privacy Notice posted in the Federal Register

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1. Comments on docket number DH6-2006-0060 can be sent via: http://www.regulations.gov or 202-572-8727 (fax) or

Border Security Regulations Branch
Office of Regulations and Rulings
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. (Mint Annex)
Washington, DC 20229

or

Hugo Teufel III
Chief Privacy Officer
Department of Homeland Security
601 S. 12th Street
Arlington, VA 22202-4220

2. PNR record locator code, Date of reservation, Date(s) of intended travel, Name, Other names on PNR, Number of travelers on PNR, Seat information, Address, All forms of payment information, Billing address, Contact telephone numbers, All travel itinerary for specific PNR, Frequent flyer information, Travel agency, Travel agent, Code share PNR information, Travel status of passenger, Split/Divided PNR information, Identifiers for free tickets, One-way tickets, E-mail address, Ticketing field information, Automated Ticketing Fare Quote (ATFQ) fields, General remarks, Ticket number, Seat number, Date of ticket issuance, Any collected APIS information, No show history, Number of bags, Bag tag numbers, Go show information, Number of bags on each segment, Other Supplementary information (OSI), Special Services information (SSI), Special Services Request (SSR), Voluntary/involuntary upgrades, Received from information, and All historical changes to the PNR.

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