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April 24, 2006
CDC and DHS partner up, ACLU sues for details
The American Civil Liberties Union recently filed suit to uncover the nature of secretly negotiated information sharing relationship between the Department of Homeland Security and the Center for Disease Control. Under the arrangement, the CDC will obtain data collected by DHS about air travelers.
"Disclosure of the secret agreement comes at a time when the CDC is proposing controversial regulations that would require the airlines to collect and turn over a broad array of personal information on air travelers."
According to data obtained by the ACLU, the proposed regulations violate an agreement between the US and the European Union, over passenger data on European citizens.
Posted by Nicole Duarte at April 24, 2006 06:53 PM
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