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PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

The Board has prioritized its
project on the use of facial
recognition in airports by the
Department of Homeland
Security. This oversight project,
titled “From Booking to
Baggage Claim,” is an
examination of how facial
recognition and other
biometric technologies are used
to verify identity at each phase
of an air traveler’s journey,
considering both operational
benefits and privacy and civil
liberties concerns arising from
the use of biometric
technologies in the aviation-
security context.

In addition to many virtual and
in-person meetings and
briefings related to this project,
the Board visited two airports,
McCarran International Airport
and Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson
International Airport, to
observe first-hand the pilot
programs used by the
Transportation Security
Administration (“TSA”) and
Customs Border Protection
(“CBP”) and discuss the current
uses and development of facial
recognition in the aviation
environment.

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