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!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([TVS]) [biometric] is a [biometric] "entry-exit" system which includes several [Government Data Stores] for international flights at airports throughout the [United States].
[{$pagename}] [cloud]-based matching service to compare international travelers' [photos] captured by [CBP] against previously-captured photos.
[{$pagename}] is similar to the [Departure Verification System] ([DVS]) and uses [facial|Facial recognition] matching to verify the identities of travelers on select flights, but uses a [cloud] environment for facial matching
[{$pagename}] is operated by [United States Department of Homeland Security] ([DHS]) [United States Customs and Border Protection] ([CBP]) in partnership with the [Transportation Security Administration] ([TSA]).[{$pagename}] deploys a [Facial recognition] camera in close proximity to the airline boarding pass reader which matches live [images] with existing [photo] templates based from passenger travel documents for those who are scheduled to board the upcoming flight from least the following [Government Data Stores]:
* [Advance Passenger Information System] ([APIS])
* [photos] from various sources in the [Automated Targeting System] ([ATS])
* [Unified Passenger Module] ([UPAX])
* Department of State’s [Consolidated Consular Database]
* U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service’s Computer Linked Adjudication Information Management System (CLAIMS)
to build a flight-specific gallery housed in the [Automated Targeting System] ([ATS]).
At the gate, an airline operator scans the traveler’s boarding pass, and the camera takes a [photo] of the traveler.
!! [Identity Correlation]
It is known that this data is shared with the [United States Department of Justice] ([DOJ]) [Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System] ([IAFIS]) and [Next Generation Identification] ([NGI])
!! No Match Suspects
The CBP Officer uses a wireless handheld device to verify the traveler’s identity using either [fingerprints] for aliens, via a query in the [Automated Biometric Identification System] ([IDENT]), or by conducting an inspection to ensure the traveler is holding valid travel documents. If the [CBP] Officer is unable
to locate a record of the traveler’s fingerprints in [IDENT], the officer runs a separate criminal history check in the [Federal Bureau of Investigation] ([FBI]) [Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System] ([IAFIS]) and [enrolls|Credential Enrollment] the [fingerprints] in [IDENT].!! Known [Data Retention]
[CBP] retains [Facial recognition] images of non-immigrant aliens, lawful permanent residents, and [United States] [citizens] for no more than two weeks for confirmation of travelers’ identities, evaluation of the technology, assurance of accuracy of the [algorithms], and system audits.
[CBP] retains biographic exit records from the boarding pass for 15 years for [United States] [citizens] and lawful permanent residents and 75 years for non-immigrant aliens.
Retention policies follow the [Border Crossing Information] ([BCI]) [System of Records Notice] ([SORN]) for U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents and the [Nonimmigrant Information System] ([NIIS]) SORN for non-immigrant aliens. However, records retained in association with a [law enforcement] action are retained for 75 years, consistent with the [TECS] [SORN].19!! [Privacy Considerations]
[{$pagename}] is designed to biometrically scan __all travelers__ leaving the [United States], despite [United States Congress] never authorizing scanning of [United States] [citizens] at the U.S. border.
!! Category
%%category [Government Surveillance]%%
!! More Information
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:
[{ReferringPagesPlugin before='*' after='\n' }] * [#2] - [Traveler Verification Service|https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/privacy-pia-cbp030-tvs-november2018_2.pdf|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2019-04-24
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