[NetBehaviour] Lawsuit Demands Answers About Government's Secret 'Risk Assessment' Scores.

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Lawsuit Demands Answers About Government's Secret 'Risk Assessment' Scores.

Millions of U.S. Travelers Affected by Giant Data-Mining Program

Washington, D.C. - The FLAG Project at the Electronic Frontier 
Foundation (EFF) filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security 
(DHS) in federal court today, demanding immediate answers about an 
invasive and unprecedented data-mining system deployed on American 
travelers.

The Automated Targeting System (ATS) creates and assigns "risk 
assessments" to tens of millions of citizens as they enter and leave the 
country. In November, DHS announced that the program would launch on 
December 4, but Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff later 
admitted that the program had already been in operation for several years.

"The news of this secret program sparked a nationwide uproar. DHS needs 
to provide answers, and provide them quickly, to the millions of 
law-abiding citizens who are worried about this 'risk assessment' score 
that will follow them throughout their lives," said EFF Senior Counsel 
David Sobel.

Under ATS, individuals have no way to access information about their 
"risk assessment" scores or to correct any false information about them. 
But while you cannot see your score, it will be made readily available 
to untold numbers of federal, state, local, and foreign agencies. The 
government will retain the data for 40 years.

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http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_12.php#005045