[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 163 (Thursday, August 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48392-48396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15964]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2007-28972]
RIN 1652-ZA14


Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records; Secure Flight Records

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: Notice to establish system of records; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is 
establishing one new system of records, DHS/TSA 019, under the Privacy 
Act of 1974, known as ``Secure Flight Records,'' for a passenger 
screening program known as Secure Flight. The Secure Flight program 
implements a mandate of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) (Pub. L. 108-458, 118 Stat. 3638, Dec. 
17, 2004) and is consistent with TSA's authority under the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act (ATSA). Section 4012(a)(1) of the IRTPA 
requires TSA to assume from air carriers the comparison of passenger 
information for domestic flights to the consolidated and integrated 
terrorist watch list maintained by the Federal Government. Further, 
section 4012(a)(2) of IRTPA similarly requires the DHS to compare 
passenger information for international flights to and from the United 
States against the consolidated and integrated terrorist watch list 
before departure of such flights.

DATES: Comments are due September 24, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the TSA docket 
number, to this rulemaking using any one of the following methods:
    Comments Filed Electronically: You may submit comments through the 
docket Web site at http://dms.dot.gov. You also may submit comments 
through the Federal eRulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Comments Submitted by Mail, Fax, or In Person: Address or deliver 
your written, signed comments to the Docket Management System at U.S. 
Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building 
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 
20590; Fax: 202-493-2251. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for format and 
other information about comment submissions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Pietra, Director, Privacy Policy 
and Compliance, TSA-36, Transportation Security Administration, 601 
South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220; e-mail: 
[email protected]; Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy 
Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528; e-
mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSA invites interested persons to 
participate by submitting written comments, data, or views relating to 
this notice and the routine uses established for the Secure Flight 
Records system. See ADDRESSES above for information on where to submit 
comments.
    With each comment, please include your name and address, identify 
the docket number at the beginning of your comments, and give the 
reason for each comment. The most helpful comments reference a specific 
portion of the notice, explain the reason for any recommended change, 
and include supporting data if necessary and available. You may submit 
comments and material electronically, in-person, by mail, or fax as 
provided under ADDRESSES, but please submit your comments and material 
by only one means. If you submit comments by mail or delivery, submit 
them in two copies, in an unbound format, no larger than 8.5 by 11 
inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing.
    If you want TSA to acknowledge receipt of comments submitted by 
mail, include with your comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on 
which the docket number appears. We will stamp the date on the postcard 
and mail it to you.
    TSA will file in the public docket all comments received by TSA, 
except for comments containing confidential information and Sensitive 
Security Information.\1\ TSA will consider all comments received on or 
before the closing date for comments and will consider comments filed 
late to the extent practicable. The docket is available for public 
inspection before and after the comment closing date.
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    \1\ ``Sensitive Security Information'' or ``SSI'' is information 
obtained or developed in the conduct of security activities, the 
disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of 
privacy, reveal trade secrets or privileged or confidential 
information, or be detrimental to the security of transportation. 
The protection of SSI is governed by 49 CFR part 1520.
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Handling of Confidential or Proprietary Information and SSI Submitted 
in Public Comments

    Do not submit comments that include trade secrets, confidential 
commercial or financial information, or SSI to the public regulatory 
docket. Please submit such comments separately from other comments on 
the notice. Comments containing this type of information should be 
appropriately marked as containing such information and submitted by 
mail to the address specified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section.
    Upon receipt of comments with SSI, TSA will not place the comments 
in the public docket and will handle them in accordance with applicable 
safeguards and restrictions on access. TSA will hold them in a separate 
file to which the public does not have access, and place a note in the 
public docket that TSA has received such materials from the commenter. 
If TSA receives a request to examine or copy this information, TSA will 
treat it as any other request under the Freedom of Information Act 
(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) 
FOIA regulation found in 6 CFR part 5.

Reviewing Comments in the Docket

    Please be aware that anyone is able to search the electronic form 
of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the 
individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted 
on behalf of an association, business, labor union, or advocacy group, 
etc.). You may review the applicable Privacy Act Statement published in 
the Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov.
    You may review the comments in the public docket in person by 
visiting the Dockets Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays. The Dockets Office is located in the 
West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 at the Department of 
Transportation address, previously provided under ADDRESSES. Also, you 
may review public dockets on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

Availability of Notice

    You can get an electronic copy using the Internet by--
    (1) Searching the Department of Transportation's electronic Docket 
Management System (DMS) web page (http://dms.dot.gov/search);
    (2) Accessing the Government Printing Office's web page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html; or
    (3) Visiting TSA's Security Regulations web page at http://www.tsa.gov and accessing the link for ``Research Center'' at the top 
of the page.
    In addition, copies are available by writing or emailing the TSA 
Privacy Office in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

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CONTACT section. Make sure to identify the docket number of this 
document.

Background

    The Privacy Act of 1974 embodies fair information principles in a 
statutory framework governing the means by which Federal agencies 
collect, maintain, use, and disseminate personally identifiable 
information contained in a system of records. The Privacy Act requires 
each agency to publish in the Federal Register a description denoting 
the type and character of each system of records that the agency 
maintains, and the routine uses of the information contained in each 
system in order to make agency record-keeping practices transparent, to 
notify individuals regarding the uses to which individually 
identifiable information is put, and to assist the individual to more 
easily find such files within the agency. This Federal Register notice 
establishes a new system of records known as ``Secure Flight Records'' 
(DHS/TSA 019) in support of the Secure Flight program.
    The Secure Flight program is based on a mandate from Congress under 
sections 4012(a)(1) and (2) of IRTPA that TSA and DHS assume from 
aircraft operators the comparison of passenger information to the 
consolidated and integrated terrorist watch list maintained by the 
Federal Government. In order to carry out this mandate, TSA intends to 
begin implementation of the Secure Flight program. Also in today's 
Federal Register, TSA is publishing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) that would require certain U.S. aircraft operators and foreign 
air carriers to provide passenger information to TSA for the purpose of 
passenger watch list matching against the No Fly and Selectee list 
components of the consolidated and integrated terrorist watch list 
known as the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) maintained by the 
Terrorist Screening Center (TSC).\2\ Further, as recommended by the 9/
11 Commission, TSA may access the ``larger set of watch lists 
maintained by the Federal Government.'' \3\ Therefore, where warranted 
by security considerations, TSA may use the full TSDB or other 
government databases, such as intelligence or law enforcement databases 
(referred to as ``watch list matching''). For example, TSA may obtain 
intelligence that flights flying a particular route may be subject to 
an increased security risk. Under this circumstance, TSA may decide to 
compare passenger information on some or all of the flights flying that 
route against the full TSDB or other government database.
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    \2\ The TSC was established by the Attorney General in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the 
Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Defense. The 
Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation (FBI), established the TSC in support of Homeland 
Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6), dated September 16, 
2003, which required the Attorney General to establish an 
organization to consolidate the Federal Government's approach to 
terrorism screening and provide for the appropriate and lawful use 
of terrorist information in screening processes. The TSC maintains 
the Federal Government's consolidated and integrated terrorist watch 
list, known as the TSDB.
    \3\ National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United 
States, page 393.
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    Although not required, aircraft operators may voluntarily choose to 
begin operational testing with TSA prior to publication of a final 
rule. In the event an aircraft operator begins early operational 
testing with TSA, the records created as part of that testing will be 
included in this system of records. During early operational testing, 
covered aircraft operators may provide watch list matching results 
conducted by the covered aircraft operators for both domestic and 
international flights and the passenger data elements outlined in the 
Secure Flight NPRM.
    DHS/TSA 019 will cover certain records TSA creates or receives in 
the course of operational testing and implementation of the Secure 
Flight program. Using commercial airline passenger information 
collected from aircraft operators and foreign air carriers under Secure 
Flight, TSA, in coordination with the TSC, will compare commercial 
airline passenger information described below to information about 
individuals on the No Fly and Selectee list components of the TSDB. In 
addition, in this watch list matching process, TSA will refer to 
information generated as a result of the redress process, including 
information about confirmed, misidentified persons who may previously 
have been mistaken for individuals on one of the watch lists. Owners or 
operators of leased or charter aircraft over 12,500 pounds may be 
permitted to request that TSA screen their passengers, aircraft 
operators, and lessor(s) through Secure Flight.
    Additionally, TSA will apply this screening process to non-
traveling individuals who an aircraft or airport operator seeks to 
authorize to enter an airport sterile area \4\ past a security 
checkpoint for another purpose approved by TSA, such as to escort a 
minor or a passenger with disabilities.
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    \4\ ``Sterile area'' is defined in 49 CFR 1540.5 and generally 
means an area of an airport with access limited to persons who have 
undergone security screening by TSA.
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    Information that is maintained in this System of Records may be 
shared under certain circumstances to confirm watch list matching 
determinations. This ordinarily will occur when, in an effort to 
validate a potential match, the Secure Flight program may exchange 
information with another Federal, state, or local governmental entity, 
such as Federal, state, or local law enforcement, involved in an 
operational or informational process associated with watch list 
matching. Likewise, information may be shared with other Federal 
agencies where those agencies have information that can be used to 
distinguish the identity of the individual from that of another 
individual included on a watch list.
    Additionally, certain information may be shared with non-
governmental entities where necessary for the sole purpose of 
effectuating a watch list match determination and the issuance of a 
boarding pass or gate pass printing instruction to aircraft and/or 
airport operators.
    Other types of information sharing that may result from the routine 
uses discussed below in this notice include: (1) Disclosure to 
contractors, grantees, or other individuals who are not DHS employees 
but have an agency relationship with DHS to accomplish DHS 
responsibilities; (2) sharing with other Federal, state, local, tribal, 
foreign or international government agencies and organizations for 
national security, law enforcement, immigration, or intelligence 
purposes in response to potential or actual threats to transportation 
or national security and as necessary to facilitate an operational 
response to such threats; (3) sharing with Federal, state, local, 
tribal, foreign or international government agencies and organizations 
responsible for investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or implementing 
a statute, rule, regulation, or order regarding a violation or 
potential violation of civil or criminal law or regulation; (4) sharing 
with the National Archives and Records Administration for proper 
handling of government records; (5) sharing with the U.S. Department of 
Justice or other Federal agency for purposes of conducting litigation 
or administrative proceedings in which the Federal government or its 
employees are a party or have an interest; (6) sharing with appropriate 
agencies, entities and persons to protect an individual who is the 
subject of the record from the harm of identity theft in the case of a 
data breach affecting this system; and (7) sharing with other 
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agencies or multilateral governmental organizations, such as the World 
Health Organization, to help those agencies prevent exposure to a 
communicable or quarantinable disease or other significant health 
threat, such as transmissible tuberculosis, during aviation travel and 
prevent further transmission of such diseases as these diseases may 
pose a threat to transportation and national security if not addressed 
in a rapid manner. Sharing this information pursuant to this health 
routine use will assist those agencies in preventing passengers' 
exposure to communicable diseases during aviation travel and it will 
help those agencies rapidly notify individuals who may have been 
exposed to such diseases. This health routine use may reduce or 
eliminate potential duplicative reporting of passenger information to 
U.S. authorities for this purpose, thereby reducing the number of times 
this information must be transmitted to proper authorities.
    In the course of carrying out the Secure Flight program, TSA will 
review information from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) systems 
of records and from systems of records of other law enforcement and 
intelligence agencies if necessary to resolve an apparent match to the 
consolidated and integrated terrorist watch list. These may include 
classified and unclassified governmental terrorist, law enforcement, 
and intelligence databases, including databases maintained by the 
Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, National 
Counterterrorism Center, and FBI. Records from these systems are exempt 
from certain provisions of the Privacy Act because they contain law 
enforcement investigative information and intelligence information. To 
the extent records in the Secure Flight Records system are provided by 
or obtained from such other exempt systems of records, TSA would rely 
on the Privacy Act exemptions claimed
for those systems. Such records or information may be exempt because 
they include law enforcement or national security investigation 
records, intelligence-related records, law enforcement encounter 
records, or terrorist screening records. These could come from various 
DHS systems, such as the Treasury Enforcement Communications System 
(TECS) or from other agency systems. After conferring with the 
appropriate component or agency, TSA may waive applicable exemptions in 
appropriate circumstances and where it would not interfere with or 
adversely affect the law enforcement or national security purposes of 
the systems from which the information is recompiled or in which it is 
contained.
System of Records DHS/TSA 019

SYSTEM NAME:
    Secure Flight Records

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified; Sensitive Security Information

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Records are maintained at the Transportation Security 
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA, and at other 
secure TSA facilities in Annapolis Junction, Maryland and Colorado 
Springs, Colorado. Records also may be maintained at the secured 
facilities of contractors or other parties that perform functions under 
the Secure Flight program.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    (a) Individuals who attempt to make reservations for travel on, 
have traveled on, or have reservations to travel on, a flight operated 
by a U.S. aircraft operator or a flight into, out of, or overflying the 
United States that is operated by a foreign air carrier;
    (b) Non-traveling individuals who seek to obtain authorization from 
an aircraft or airport operator to enter the sterile area of an 
airport;
    (c) For flights that TSA grants a request by the operators of 
leased or charter aircraft over 12,500 pounds to screen the individuals 
using Secure Flight, the following individuals: (1) Individuals who 
seek to charter or lease an aircraft over 12,500 pounds or who are 
proposed to be transported on or operate such charter aircraft; and (2) 
owners and/or operators of such chartered or leased aircraft;
    (d) Known or suspected terrorists identified in the TSDB maintained 
by the TSC; and individuals identified on classified and unclassified 
governmental databases such as law enforcement, immigration, or 
intelligence databases; and
    (e) Individuals who have been distinguished from individuals on a 
watch list through a redress process, or other means.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    (a) Records containing passenger and flight information (e.g., full 
name, date of birth, gender, redress number, known traveler number, 
passport information, and itinerary), information about non-traveling 
individuals seeking access to an airport sterile area in order to 
escort a minor passenger or for another purpose approved by TSA, and 
information about passengers on or individuals seeking to charter or 
lease an aircraft over 12,500 pounds if TSA grants the aircraft owner 
or operator requests to use Secure Flight.
    (b) Records containing information from an individual's form of 
identification or a physical description of the individual;
    (c) Records obtained from the TSC of known or suspected terrorists 
in the TSDB and records individuals identified on classified and 
unclassified governmental watch lists;
    (d) Records containing the results of comparisons of individuals to 
the TSDB and watch list matching analyses;
    (e) Records related to communications between or among TSA and 
aircraft operators, airport operators, owners and/or operators of 
leased or charter aircraft over 12,500 pounds, TSC, law enforcement 
agencies, intelligence agencies, and agencies responsible for airspace 
safety or security, regarding the screening status of passengers or 
non-traveling individuals and any operational responses to individuals 
identified in the TSDB;
    (f) Records of the redress process that include information on 
known misidentified persons, including any Redress Number assigned to 
those individuals; and
    (g) Records that track the receipt, use, access, or transmission of 
information as part of the Secure Flight program.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    49 U.S.C. 114, 40113, 44901, 44903, and 44909.

PURPOSE(S):
    The Secure Flight Records system will be used to identify and 
protect against potential and actual threats to transportation security 
and support the Federal Government's counterterrorism efforts by 
assisting in the identification of individuals who warrant further 
scrutiny prior to boarding an aircraft or seek to enter a sterile area 
or who warrant denial of boarding or denial of entry to a sterile area 
on security grounds.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    (1) To the TSC in order to: (a) Determine whether an individual is 
a positive identity match to an individual identified as a known or 
suspected terrorist in the watch list; (b) allow redress of passenger 
complaints; (c) facilitate an operational response, if one is deemed 
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who are a positive identity match to an individual identified as a 
known or suspected terrorist in the watch list; (d) provide information 
and analysis about terrorist encounters and known or suspected 
terrorist associates to appropriate domestic and foreign government 
agencies and officials for counterterrorism purposes; and (e) perform 
technical implementation functions necessary for the Secure Flight 
program.
    (2) To contractors, grantees, experts, consultants, or other like 
persons when necessary to perform a function or service related to the 
operation, modification, or testing of the Secure Flight program in 
compliance with the Privacy Act of 1974 as amended.
    (3) To aircraft operators, foreign air carriers, airport operators, 
and the Department of Transportation to communicate passenger watch 
list matching status and facilitate an operational response, where 
appropriate, to individuals who pose or are suspected of posing a risk 
to transportation or national security.
    (4) To owners or operators of leased or charter aircraft to 
communicate passenger screening status and facilitate an operational 
response, where appropriate, to an individual identified in the watch 
list.
    (5) To the appropriate Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial, 
foreign, or international agency regarding or to identify individuals 
who pose or are under reasonable suspicion of posing a risk to 
transportation or national security.
    (6) To the Department of Justice or other Federal agency for 
purposes of conducting litigation or administrative proceedings, when: 
(a) DHS, or (b) any employee of DHS in his/her official capacity, or 
(c) any employee of DHS in his/her individual capacity where the 
Department of Justice (DOJ) or DHS has agreed to represent the 
employee, or (d) the United States or any agency thereof is a party to 
the litigation or proceeding or has an interest in such litigation or 
proceeding.
    (7) To the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) or 
other Federal agencies pursuant to records management inspections being 
conducted under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906.
    (8) To a congressional office from the record of an individual in 
response to an inquiry from that congressional office made at the 
request of the individual.
    (9) To the General Accountability Office, DHS Office of Inspector 
General or other agency, organization, or individual for the purposes 
of performing authorized audit or oversight operations but only such 
information as is necessary and relevant to such audit and oversight 
functions.
    (10) To the appropriate Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial, 
foreign, or international agency responsible for investigating, 
prosecuting, enforcing, or implementing a statute, rule, regulation, or 
order regarding a violation or potential violation of civil or criminal 
law or regulation when such disclosure is proper and consistent with 
the performance of the official duties of the person making the 
disclosure.
    (11) To international and foreign governmental authorities in 
accordance with law and formal or informal international agreements 
when such disclosure is proper and consistent with the performance of 
the official duties of the person making the disclosure.
    (12) To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (a) TSA 
suspects or has confirmed that the security or confidentiality of 
information in the system of records has been compromised; (b) TSA has 
determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed compromise 
there is a risk of harm to economic or property interests, identity 
theft or fraud, or harm to the security or integrity of this system or 
other systems or programs (whether maintained by TSA or another agency 
or entity) that rely upon the compromised information; and (c) the 
disclosure made to such agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably 
necessary to assist in connection with TSA's efforts to respond to the 
suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent, minimize, or remedy such 
harm.
    (13) To appropriate Federal, state, local, tribal, or foreign 
governmental agencies or multilateral governmental organizations, 
including the World Health Organization, for purposes of assisting such 
agencies or organizations in preventing exposure to or transmission of 
communicable or quarantinable disease or for combating other 
significant public health threats; appropriate notice will be provided 
of any identified health threat or risk.[0]

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:
    Pursuant to routine use twelve (12), TSA may disclose information 
to a consumer reporting agency in relation to a breach or compromise of 
information. TSA may need to share information with a credit reporting 
agency in order to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and 
prevent, minimize, or remedy any resulting harm, such as identity 
theft. Such sharing would be limited to the purposes outlined in 
routine use (12).

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Storage:
    Records are maintained at the Transportation Security 
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA, and at other 
secure TSA facilities in Annapolis Junction, Maryland and Colorado 
Springs, Colorado. Records also may be maintained at the secured 
facilities of contractors or other parties that perform functions under 
the Secure Flight program. The records are stored on magnetic disc, 
tape, digital media, and CD-ROM, and may also be retained in hard copy 
format in secure file folders or safes.

Retrievability:
    Data are retrievable by the individual's name or other identifier, 
as well as non-identifying information such as itinerary.

Safeguards:
    All records are protected from unauthorized access through 
appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. The 
system is also protected through a multi-layer security approach. The 
protective strategies are physical, technical, administrative and 
environmental in nature and provide role-based access control to 
sensitive data, physical access control to DHS facilities, 
confidentiality of communications, including encryption, authentication 
of sending parties, compartmentalizing databases; auditing software and 
personnel screening to ensure that all personnel with access to data 
are screened through background investigations commensurate with the 
level of access required to perform their duties.
    Information in this system is safeguarded in accordance with 
applicable rules and policies, including any applicable TSA and DHS 
automated systems security and access policies. The system will be in 
compliance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidance. Access to the 
computer system containing the records in this system of records is 
limited to those individuals who require it to perform their official 
duties. The computer system also maintains a real-time audit of 
individuals who access the system.

Retention and Disposal:
    Records in this system will be retained in accordance with a 
schedule to be submitted for approval by NARA and other government-wide 
records schedules, as applicable. TSA is seeking

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to have records relating to individuals cleared through the automated 
matching process destroyed within 7 days after completion of the last 
leg of their directional travel itinerary. The Secure Flight program 
seeks to retain records reflecting watch list matching analysis and 
results for individuals who initially appear to be a match for 7 years 
after the completion of the individual's directional travel itinerary. 
Records associated with an individual who is determined to be a 
confirmed match will, consistent with established TSA practice, be 
retained for 99 years after the date of match confirmation. This 
retention period is consistent with TSC's NARA-approved record 
retention schedule for TSDB records.
    Records reflecting watch list matching analysis (i.e., match or 
non-match) for any individual who is confirmed to be a match may also 
be retained in DHS/TSA 011, Transportation Security Intelligence 
Service Operations Files (69 FR 71835, Dec. 10, 2004).
    Records associated with known misidentified persons, as well as the 
watch list and other government databases will be retained in 
accordance with the retention periods for the originating systems.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
    Donald Hubicki, Director, Secure Flight Program Operations, 
Transportation Security Administration (TSA), TSA-19, 601 South 12th 
Street, Arlington, VA, 22202.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
    To determine whether this system contains records relating to you, 
write to the FOIA and Privacy Act Office, Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA), TSA-20, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 
22202.

RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Requests for records access must be in writing and should be 
addressed to FOIA and Privacy Act Office, Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA), TSA-20, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA, 
22202. Requests should conform to the requirements of 6 CFR part 5, 
Subpart B, which provides the rules for requesting access to Privacy 
Act records maintained by DHS. The envelope and letter should be 
clearly marked ``Privacy Act Access Request.'' The request should 
include a general description of the records sought and must include 
the requester's full name, current address, and date and place of 
birth. The request must be signed and either notarized or submitted 
under penalty of perjury. Some information may be exempt from access 
provisions. An individual who is the subject of a record in this system 
may access those records that are not exempt from disclosure. A 
determination whether a record may be accessed will be made at the time 
a request is received.
    If individuals are uncertain what agency handles the information, 
they may seek redress through the DHS Traveler Redress Program 
(``TRIP'') (See 72 FR 2294, dated January 18, 2007). Individuals who 
believe they have been improperly denied entry, refused boarding for 
transportation, or identified for additional screening by CBP may 
submit a redress request through the TRIP. TRIP is a single point of 
contact for individuals who have inquiries or seek resolution regarding 
difficulties they experienced during their travel screening at 
transportation hubs--like airports and train stations or crossing U.S. 
borders. Through TRIP, a traveler can correct erroneous data stored in 
Secure Flight and other data stored in other DHS databases through one 
application. Additionally, for further information on the Secure Flight 
Program and the redress options please see the accompanying Privacy 
Impact Assessment for Secure Flight published on the DHS Web site at 
http://www.dhs.gov/privacy in this edition of the Federal Register and 
at DHS.GOV. Redress requests should be sent to: DHS Traveler Redress 
Inquiry Program (TRIP), 601 South 12th Street, TSA-901, Arlington, VA 
22202-4220 or online at http://www.dhs.gov/trip.

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES:
    Same as ``Notification Procedure'' and ``Record Access Procedure'' 
above.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Information contained in the system is obtained from U.S. aircraft 
operators, foreign air carriers, the owners and operators of leased or 
charter aircraft over 12,500 pounds who request TSA screening, the TSC, 
TSA employees, airport operators, Federal, State, local, international 
and other governmental law enforcement , intelligence, immigration, and 
counterterrorism agencies, other Federal agencies responsible for 
airspace safety or security, and the individuals to whom the records in 
the system pertain.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
    No exemption will be asserted with respect to identifying 
information or flight information obtained from passengers and aircraft 
owners or operators.
    This system, however, may contain records or information recompiled 
from or created from information contained in other systems of records 
which are exempt from certain provisions of the Privacy Act. For these 
records or information only, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), 
(k)(1), and (k)(2), TSA claims the following exemptions for these 
records or information from subsections (c)(3) and (4); (d)(1), (2), 
(3), and (4); (e)(1), (2), (3), (4)(G) through (I), (5), and (8); (f); 
and (g) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, as necessary and 
appropriate to protect such information. Certain portions or all of 
these records may be exempt from disclosure pursuant to these 
exemptions.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia on August 8, 2007.
Hugo Teufel III,
Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E7-15964 Filed 8-22-07; 8:45 am]
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