Privacy Impact Assessment for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative

From DHS, this report concerns the upcoming implementation of RFID in ID cards for U.S. citizens, effective for those returning to the country by air, in 2007: Privacy Impact Assessment for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), August 11, 2006.

  • From EPIC, Spotlight on Surveillance August 2006: Homeland Security PASS Card: Leave Home Without It
  • Comments Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) (Chief Sponsor Of The Leahy-Stevens Amendment) On The State Department’s Proposed Rule, Issued Tuesday, To Implement The PASS Card Border ID System, Part Of The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006
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