Originally Posted by
ND Sol
Before you agree to hand over any information, ask for a Privacy Act Notice. If true, putting this info in a system of records is beyond the pale.
The TSA has taken passenger info before, put it into a system of records and refused to give any Privacy Act Notice that it was doing so. Escalating the matter within the TSA accomplished nothing. As they are claiming to do a search, they can take the boarding pass and ID anyway and from there the info is in hand. As they are claiming to do a search, they can take the medicine and other such items and record the details on the packaging too. This is unfortunately nothing new with the TSA.