[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 163 (Thursday, August 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48349-48353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15976]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of the Secretary

[DHS-2007-0041]


Privacy Act of 1974; Customs and Border Protection Advanced 
Passenger Information System Systems of Records

AGENCY: Privacy Office; DHS.

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of records.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) gives 
notice that it is establishing a new system of records for collecting 
certain biographical information on all passenger and crew members who 
arrive in or depart from, or transit through (and crew that over fly) 
the United States on a covered air or vessel carrier, and, in the case 
of crew members, those who continue domestically on a foreign air or 
vessel carrier. The system of records is the Advance Passenger 
Information System.
    Previously, this information was maintained within the Treasury 
Enforcement Communications System and was covered by a system of 
records notice published for the Treasury Enforcement Communications 
System. CBP is publishing a new system of records notice in order to 
permit the traveling public greater access to individual information 
and a more complete understanding of how and where information 
pertaining to them is collected and maintained.

DATES: The new system of records will be effective September 24, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket Number DHS-
2007-0041 by one of the following methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-866-466-5370.
     Mail: Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy 
Office, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528.
     Instructions: All submissions received must include the 
agency name and docket number for this rulemaking. All comments 
received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, 
including any personal information provided.
     Docket: For access to the docket to read background 
documents or comments received go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions please contact: 
Laurence E. Castelli (202-572-8790), Chief, Privacy Act Policy and 
Procedures Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of 
International Trade, Regulations & Rulings, Mint Annex, 1300 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20229. For privacy issues 
contact: Hugo Teufel III (703-235-0780), Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy 
Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) was originally 
developed as a voluntary program by the former U.S. Customs Service 
(Customs Service) in 1988 in cooperation with the former U.S. 
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the airline industry. 
Previously, this information was maintained within the Treasury 
Enforcement Communications System (TECS) and was covered by a system of 
records notice published for TECS. The most recent TECS SORN was 
published at 66 FR 52984 (Oct 18, 2001). In the original APIS 
regulation, commercial air and vessel carriers collected passengers' 
biographical data and transmitted the data to the Customs Service while 
the flight or the vessel was en route to the United States. The Customs 
Service Data Center used APIS data to perform a check against CBP's law 
enforcement databases, as well as information from the Federal Bureau 
of Investigations Terrorist Screening Center's Terrorist Screening 
Database (TSDB), information on individuals with outstanding wants or 
warrants, and information from other government agencies regarding high 
risk parties. Through the legacy voluntary APIS data program, checks 
were performed in advance of the arrival of the aircraft or vessel. The 
results were referenced by Customs agents or inspectors once the 
passengers arrived. This resulted in a significant time savings for the 
clearance of passengers and carriers.
    The Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 and the 
Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 provided 
specific authority for the mandatory collection of certain information 
on all passenger and crewmembers that arrive in or depart from the 
United States on a commercial air or vessel carrier. The information is 
required to be collected and submitted to CBP as APIS data.
    The information that is required to be collected and submitted to 
the APIS can be found on routine arrival/departure documents that 
passengers and crewmembers must provide to CBP, when entering or 
departing the United States. APIS includes complete name, date of 
birth, gender, country of citizenship, passport/alien registration 
number and country of issuance, passport expiration date, country of 
residence, status on board the aircraft, travel document type, United 
States destination address (except for U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent 
residents, crew and those in transit), place of birth and address of 
permanent residence (flight crew only), pilot certificate number and 
country of issuance (flight crew only, if applicable) and the Passenger 
Name Record (PNR) locator number. The PNR locator number allows CBP to 
access PNR consistent with its regulatory authority under 19 CFR 
122.49d.
    Additionally, air and vessel carriers must provide the airline 
carrier code, flight number, vessel name, vessel country of registry/
flag, International Maritime Organization number or other official 
number of the vessel, voyage number, date of arrival/departure, foreign 
airport/port where the passengers and crew members began their air/sea 
transportation to the United States; for passengers and crew members 
destined for the United States, the location where the passengers and 
crew members will undergo customs and immigration clearance by CBP; and 
for passengers and crew members that are transiting through (and crew 
on flights over flying) the United States and not clearing CBP, the 
foreign airport/port of ultimate destination, and status on board 
(whether an individual is crew or non-crew); and for passengers and 
crew departing the United States, the final foreign airport/port of 
arrival.
    CBP will collect the passengers' and crewmembers' information that 
is supplied by the air or vessel carriers in advance of a passenger's 
and crewmember's arrival in or departure from (and, for crew on flights 
over flying) the United States and maintains this information in the 
Advance Passenger Information System. The information will be used to 
perform counterterrorism, law enforcement, and public security queries 
to identify risks to the aircraft or vessel, to its occupants, or to 
the United States and to expedite CBP processing.
    Under the Final Rule revision to APIS (70 FR 17820 (Apr. 7, 2005)), 
CBP mandates that air and vessel carriers collect personally 
identifiable information about passengers and crewmembers (including 
``non-crew'' as defined in the 2005 APIS Final Rule) traveling by air 
or sea, and arriving in,

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or departing from (and, in the case of crew, flights overflying), the 
United States from the respective carriers--this information is often 
collected and maintained on what is referred to as the manifest. The 
information that is required to be collected and submitted to APIS can 
be found on routine travel documents that passengers and crewmembers 
must provide when processed into or out of the United States (and most 
of the information is included on the Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) of 
most passports).
    The purpose of the information collection is to screen passengers 
and crew members arriving from foreign travel points and departing the 
United States to identify those persons who may pose a risk to border, 
aviation or public security, may be a terrorist or suspected terrorist 
or affiliated with or suspected of being affiliated with terrorists, 
may be inadmissible, may be a person of interest, or may otherwise be 
engaged in activity in violation of U.S. law, or the subject of wants 
or warrants. The system allows CBP to facilitate effectively and 
efficiently the entry and departure of legitimate travelers into and 
from the United States. Using APIS, DHS officers can quickly reference 
the results of the advanced research that has been conducted through 
CBP's law enforcement databases, including information from the TSDB 
and information on individuals with outstanding wants or warrants, 
confirm the accuracy of that information by comparison with information 
obtained from the traveler (passenger and crew) and from the carriers, 
and make immediate determinations as to a traveler's security risk, 
admissibility and other determinations bearing on CBP's inspectional 
and screening processes.
    Information collected in APIS is maintained for a period of no more 
than twelve months from the date of collection at which time the data 
is erased from APIS. Following CBP processing, a copy of certain 
information is transferred to the Border Crossing Information System, a 
subsystem of TECS. During physical processing at the border, primary 
inspection lane and ID inspector are added to APIS and the APIS 
information is verified. This information derived from APIS includes: 
complete name, date of birth, gender, date of arrival, date of 
departure, time arrived, means of arrival (air/sea), travel document, 
departure location, airline code, flight number, and the result of the 
CBP processing. Additionally, for individuals subject to US-VISIT 
requirements, a copy of certain APIS data is transferred to the Arrival 
and Departure Information System (ADIS) for effective and efficient 
tracking of foreign nationals, including to help identify lawfully 
admitted non-immigrants who remain in the United States beyond the 
period of authorized stay. US-VISIT currently applies to all visitors 
(with limited exemptions). The SORN for ADIS was last published on 
December 12, 2003 (68 FR 69412). The information transferred from APIS 
to ADIS includes: Complete name, date of birth, gender, citizenship, 
country of residence, status on board the vessel, U.S. destination 
address, passport number, expiration date of passport, country of 
issuance (for non-immigrants authorized to work), alien registration 
number, port of entry, entry date, port of departure, and departure 
date.

II. Privacy Act

    The Privacy Act embodies fair information principles in a statutory 
framework governing the means by which the United States Government 
collects, maintains, uses and disseminates personally identifiable 
information. The Privacy Act applies to information that is maintained 
in a ``system of records.'' A ``system of records'' is a group of any 
records under the control of an agency from which information is 
retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifying number, 
symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual. In 
the Privacy Act, an individual is defined to encompass United States 
citizens and lawful permanent residents. APIS involves the collection 
of information that will be maintained 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 that are 
contained in each system to make agency recordkeeping practices 
transparent, to notify individuals regarding the uses to which 
personally identifiable information is put, and to assist the 
individual to more easily find such files within the agency. Below is 
the description of system of records referred to as the Advanced 
Passenger Information System.
    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), a report concerning this 
record system has been sent to the Office of Management and Budget and 
to the Congress.
DHS/CBP-005

SYSTEM NAME:
    Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS)

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    This computer database is located at U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) National Data Center in Washington, DC. Computer 
terminals are located at customhouses, border ports of entry, airport 
inspection facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS) and other locations at which DHS authorized 
personnel may be posted to facilitate DHS's mission. Terminals may also 
be located at appropriate facilities for other participating government 
agencies.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    Categories of individuals covered by this notice consist of:
    A. Passengers who arrive and depart the United States by air or 
sea, including those in transit through the United States or beginning 
or concluding a portion of their international travel by flying 
domestically within the United States,
    B. Crew members who arrive and depart the United States by air or 
sea, including those in transit through the United States or beginning 
or concluding a portion of their international travel by flying 
domestically within the United States, and
    C. Crew members on aircraft that overfly the United States.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    The records in the database are comprised of the following 
information: complete name, date of birth, gender, country of 
citizenship, passport/alien registration number and country of 
issuance, passport expiration date, country of residence, status on 
board the aircraft, travel document type, United States destination 
address (except for U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, crew and 
those in transit), place of birth and address of permanent residence 
(flight crew only), pilot certificate number and country of issuance 
(flight crew only, if applicable), the PNR locator number, primary 
inspection lane, ID inspector, and records containing the results of 
comparisons of individuals to information maintained in CBP's law 
enforcement databases, as well as information from the TSDB, 
information on individuals with outstanding wants or warrants, and 
information from other government agencies regarding high risk parties.
    In addition, carriers or operators covered by the APIS rules must 
transmit

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to CBP the following information: airline carrier code, flight number, 
vessel name, vessel country of registry/flag, International Maritime 
Organization number or other official number of the vessel, voyage 
number, date of arrival/departure, foreign airport/port where the 
passengers and crew members began their air/sea transportation to the 
United States; for passengers and crew members destined for the United 
States, the location where the passengers and crew members will undergo 
customs and immigration clearance by CBP; and for passengers and crew 
members that are transiting through (and crew on flights over flying) 
the United States and not clearing CBP, the foreign airport/port of 
ultimate destination; and for passengers and crew departing the United 
States, the final foreign airport/port of arrival.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    The Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001, the Enhanced 
Border Security and Visa Reform Act of 2002, and the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, also the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, including 19 U.S.C. 58b, 66, 1431, 1433, 1436, 1448, 
1459, 1590, 1594, 1623, 1624, 1644, and 1644a.

Purpose(s):
    The purpose of the collection is to screen passengers and crew 
arriving in, transiting through and departing from (and in the case of 
crew, overflying) the United States to identify those passengers and 
crew who may pose a risk to border, aviation or public security, may be 
a terrorist or suspected terrorist or affiliated with or suspected of 
being affiliated with terrorists, may be inadmissible, may be a person 
of interest, or may otherwise be engaged in activity in violation of 
U.S. law, or the subject of wants or warrants.
    APIS allows CBP to facilitate more effectively and efficiently the 
entry of legitimate travelers into the United States and the departure 
of legitimate travelers from the United States. As travelers prepare to 
depart for or from the United States, DHS officers, using APIS, can 
quickly cross-reference the results of the advanced research that has 
been conducted through CBP's law enforcement databases, as well as 
using information from the TSDB, information on individuals with 
outstanding wants or warrants, and information from other government 
agencies regarding high risk parties, confirm the accuracy of that 
information by comparison of it with information obtained from the 
traveler and from the carriers, and make immediate determinations with 
regard to the traveler's security risk, admissibility and other 
determinations bearing on CBP's inspectional and screening processes.

Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of such uses:
    In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 
552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a portion of the records or 
information contained in this system may be disclosed outside DHS as a 
routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
    A. To appropriate Federal, state, local, tribal, or foreign 
governmental agencies or multilateral governmental organizations 
responsible for investigating or prosecuting the violations of, or for 
enforcing or implementing, a statute, rule, regulation, order, or 
license, where DHS believes the information would assist enforcement of 
civil or criminal laws;
    B. To Federal and foreign government intelligence or 
counterterrorism agencies or components where CBP becomes aware of an 
indication of a threat or potential threat to national or international 
security, or where such use is to assist in anti-terrorism efforts and 
disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance of the official 
duties of the person making the disclosure.
    C. To an organization or individual in either the public or private 
sector, either foreign or domestic, where there is a reason to believe 
that the recipient is or could become the target of a particular 
terrorist activity or conspiracy, to the extent the information is 
relevant to the protection of life, property or other vital interests 
of a data subject and disclosure is proper and consistent with the 
official duties of the person making the disclosure;
    D. To appropriate Federal, state, local, tribal, or foreign 
governmental agencies or multilateral governmental organizations, for 
the purpose of protecting the vital interests of a data subject or 
other persons, including to assist such agencies or organizations in 
preventing exposure to or transmission of a communicable or 
quarantinable disease or for combating other significant public health 
threats; appropriate notice will be provided of any identified health 
threat or risk;
    E. To a court, magistrate, or administrative tribunal in the course 
of presenting evidence, including disclosures to opposing counsel or 
witnesses in the course of civil discovery, litigation, or settlement 
negotiations, or in response to a subpoena, or in connection with 
criminal law proceedings;
    F. To third parties during the course of an law enforcement 
investigation to the extent necessary to obtain information pertinent 
to the investigation, provided disclosure is appropriate in the proper 
performance of the official duties of the officer making the 
disclosure;
    G. To an agency, organization, or individual for the purposes of 
performing audit or oversight operations as authorized by law but only 
such information as is necessary and relevant to such audit or 
oversight function;
    H. To a Congressional office, for the record of an individual in 
response to an inquiry from that Congressional office made at the 
request of the individual to whom the record pertains;
    I. To an appropriate Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, 
foreign, or international agency, if the information is relevant and 
necessary to a requesting agency's decision concerning the hiring or 
retention of an individual, or issuance of a security clearance, 
license, contract, grant, or other benefit, or if the information is 
relevant and necessary to a DHS decision concerning the hiring or 
retention of an employee, the issuance of a security clearance, the 
reporting of an investigation of an employee, the letting of a 
contract, or the issuance of a license, grant or other benefit and when 
disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance of the official 
duties of the person making the request;
    J. To contractors, grantees, experts, consultants, and others 
performing or working on a contract, service, grant, cooperative 
agreement, or other assignment for the Federal government, when 
necessary to accomplish an agency function related to this system of 
records, in compliance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended;
    K. To the U. S. Department of Justice (including U.S. Attorney 
offices) or other Federal agency conducting litigation or in 
proceedings before any court, adjudicative or administrative body, when 
it is necessary to the litigation and one of the following is a party 
to the litigation or has an interest in such litigation: (1) DHS, or 
(2) any employee of DHS in his/her official capacity, or (3) any 
employee of DHS in his/her individual capacity where DOJ or DHS has 
agreed to represent said employee, or (4) the United States or any 
agency thereof;
    L. To the National Archives and Records Administration or other 
Federal government agencies pursuant to records management inspections 
being conducted under the authority of 44 U.S.C. Sections 2904 and 
2906;

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    M. To appropriate Federal, state, local, tribal, or foreign 
governmental agencies or multilateral governmental organizations where 
CBP is aware of a need to utilize relevant data for purposes of testing 
new technology and systems designed to enhance border security or 
identify other violations of law;
    N. To appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (1) it is 
suspected or confirmed that the security or confidentiality of 
information in the system of records has been compromised; (2) CBP 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 CBP or another agency 
or entity) that rely upon the compromised information; and (3) the 
disclosure is made to such agencies, entities, and persons when 
reasonably necessary to assist in connection with the CBP's efforts to 
respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent, minimize, 
or remedy such harm.
    O. To the carrier, who submitted traveler, passenger, or crew 
information to CBP, but only to the extent that CBP provides a message 
indicating that the individual is ``cleared'' or ``not cleared'' to 
board the aircraft or depart on the vessel in response to the initial 
transmission of information, or is identified as a ``selectee''.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING 
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Storage:
    The data is stored electronically at the CBP Data Center for 
current data and offsite at an alternative data storage facility for 
historical logs and system backups.

Retrievability:
    The data is retrievable by name or other unique personal identifier 
from an electronic database.

Safeguards:
    Information in this system is safeguarded in accordance with 
applicable laws, rules, and policies. All records are protected from 
unauthorized access through appropriate administrative, physical, and 
technical safeguards. These safeguards include role-based access 
provisions, restricting access to authorized personnel who have a need-
to-know, using locks, and password protection identification features. 
DHS file areas are locked after normal duty hours and the facilities 
are protected from the outside by security personnel.
    The system manager, in addition, has the capability to maintain 
system back-ups for the purpose of supporting continuity of operations 
and the discrete need to isolate and copy specific data access 
transactions for the purpose of conducting security incident 
investigations.
    All communication links with the CBP datacenter are encrypted. The 
Databases are fully Certified and Accredited in accordance with the 
requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act 
(FISMA).
    Although separate notice is being provided for APIS, it continues 
to operate within the TECS information technology system architecture; 
therefore APIS's technical infrastructure is covered by the approved 
TECS Certification and Accreditation under the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology. The last certification was in January 2006.

Retention and Disposal:
    Information collected in APIS is maintained in this system for a 
period of no more than twelve months from the date of collection at 
which time the data is erased from APIS. As part of the vetting and CBP 
clearance (immigration and customs screening and inspection) of a 
traveler, information from APIS is copied to the Border Crossing 
Information System, a subsystem of TECS. Additionally, for individuals 
subject to US-VISIT requirements, a copy of certain APIS data is 
transferred to the Arrival and Departure Information System (ADIS) for 
effective and efficient processing of foreign nationals. The SORN for 
ADIS was last published on December 12, 2003 (68 FR 69412). Different 
retention periods apply for APIS data contained in those systems.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS
    Director, Office of Automated Systems, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection Headquarters, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20229.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
    DHS allows persons (including foreign nationals) to seek 
administrative access under the Privacy Act to information maintained 
in APIS. Persons may only seek access to APIS data that has been 
provided by the carrier and of which they are the subject. To determine 
whether APIS contains records relating to you, write to the FOIA/
Privacy Act Branch, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Room 5.5-C, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20229 (phone: (202) 344-1850 and fax: (202) 344-2791).

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    Requests for notification or access must be in writing and should 
be addressed to the FOIA/Privacy Act Branch, Office of Field 
Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Room 5.5-C, 1300 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20229. 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 
and can be found at http://www.dhs.gov/foia. 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.
    If individuals are uncertain what agency handles the information, 
they may seek redress through the DHS Traveler Redress Program 
(``TRIP'') (See 72 Fed. Reg. 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, seaports and train stations or at 
U.S. land borders. Through TRIP, a traveler can request correction of 
erroneous stored in other DHS databases through one application. 
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 RECORD PROCEDURES:
    Individuals may seek redress and/or contest a record through 
several different means that will be handled in the same fashion. If 
the individual is aware the information is specifically handled by CBP, 
requests may be sent directly to CBP at the FOIA/Privacy Act Branch, 
Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Room 
5.5-C, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20229 (phone: 
(202) 344-1850 and fax: (202) 344-2791). If the individual is uncertain 
what agency is responsible for maintaining the information, redress 
requests may be

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sent to DHS TRIP at DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (TRIP), 601 
South 12th Street, TSA-901, Arlington, VA 22202-4220 or online at 
http://www.dhs.gov/trip.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    The system contains data received from aircraft operators/carriers 
and vessel carriers regarding passengers and crewmembers who arrive in, 
depart from, transit through or overfly (in the case of flight crew 
only) the United States on an air or vessel carrier covered by APIS 
regulations. During physical processing at the border, primary 
inspection lane and ID inspector are added to APIS, and the APIS 
information is verified using the travel documents. Additionally, 
records contain the results of comparisons of individuals to 
information maintained in CBP law enforcement databases, as well as 
information from the TSDB, information on individuals with outstanding 
wants or warrants, and information from other government agencies 
regarding high risk parties.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
    No exemption shall be asserted with respect to information 
maintained in the system that is collected from a person and submitted 
by that person's air or vessel carrier, if that person, or his or her 
agent, seeks access or amendment of such information.
    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), 
and (k)(2), DHS will also claim the original 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.

    Dated: August 8, 2007.
Hugo Teufel III,
Chief Privacy Officer.
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