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Airlines must supply government with travel data Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aCUWVtoWTDIA&refer=us http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aCUWVtoWTDIA&refer=us U.S. Airlines Must Supply Travel Records by Nov. 23 (Update1) Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. airlines were ordered by the government to hand over passenger records that will be used to test a security system aimed at keeping terrorists off planes. The records include the names, addresses and itineraries of all domestic passengers who traveled in June on 72 carriers including AMR Corp.'s American Airlines and UAL Corp.'s United Airlines, the Transportation Security Administration said in an order today. The program ``would identify passengers known or reasonably suspected to be engaged in terrorist activity,'' said the order signed by privacy officer Lisa Dean, and ``prevent them from boarding a domestic flight.'' The government made the demand after airlines balked last year at supplying the information, saying they feared violating passengers' privacy rights. The records will let the agency compare the passenger data against government watch lists in a 30- day test of Secure Flight, the security program slated to begin next year. The government plans to replace the existing screening system after terrorists boarded four commercial jets in the Sept. 11 attacks that killed 2,749. The U.S. dropped an earlier substitute called CAPPS II after airlines refused to voluntarily hand over the data and privacy groups complained. Major U.S. airlines hope their ``long-standing concerns'' about privacy and the effect the program will have on their operations will be addressed, said James May, president the Air Transport Association airline trade group in Washington. ``We look forward to working with TSA on this test phase,'' May said in a statement. Privacy advocates including the Electronic Privacy Information Center object to the new plan, saying it's too secretive. ``Development of the system should be suspended until TSA and other agencies involved in Secure Flight's development are willing to disclose information about the program to the public,'' the group told the agency Oct. 25. Last Updated: November 12, 2004 12:53 EST

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