Now that the SPOT program has been officially announced and in operation it will be interesting to see how it develops.
In this document
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/p...a_tsa_spot.pdf
"Privacy Impact Assessment for the
Screening of Passengers by
Observation Techniques (SPOT) Program "
it states
"Section 6.0 Notice
6.1 Was notice provided to the individual prior to collection of
information?
No. BDO observations of suspicious behaviors or activity are contemporaneously recorded so there is no
opportunity to give notice."
Yes I know that this is 2008 document but it appears to be the only publicly publish document on SPOT available...
BUT
In 2005 a GAO report was published on the Secure Flight program.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8672258/.../#.TknmSYJfgzc
"GAO: TSA data collection violated Privacy Act
Agency says test passenger screening program overstepped restrictions
The Transportation Security Administration violated privacy protections by secretly collecting personal information on at least 250,000 people, congressional investigators said Friday. ........
The 1974 Privacy Act requires the government to notify the public when it collects information about people. It must say who it’s gathering information about, what kinds of information, why it’s being collected and how the information is stored. (my boldings)
So how I wonder how long before the ACLU or like a organization takes TSA to task for violating the 1974 Privacy Act because it is not posting notifications in the areas that the SPOT BDO's are collecting information??????
..