Ticket Terms and Conditions and Other Important Notices

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Secure Flight notice: the U.S. TSA requires "us" to collect information from you for watch list screening

The Secure Flight notice says the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security requires "us" to collect information from the passenger for purposes of watch list screening, under the authority of 49 U.S.C. section 114 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. The notice points to www.tsa.gov for TSA privacy policies and the system of records notice.

Supporting quotations

SECURE FLIGHT PASSENGER DATA PRIVACY NOTICE: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security requires us to collect information from you for purposes of watch list screening, under the authority of 49 U.S.C. section 114, and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.

For more on TSA Privacy policies, or to view the system of records notice and the privacy impact assessment, please seewww.tsa.gov.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The collection is for watch list screening and is described as required by the TSA.
• The legal authorities are cited by name only.

Not stated here

• "Us" is not defined in this document.
• The notice does not list which information is collected, or whether the collector keeps it and for how long.
• The cited statute and act are not supplied.

Cross-references

• qualified by (model-proposed): Providing Secure Flight information is voluntary, but not providing it may lead to extra screening or denied transport — The voluntary-provision statement and its consequences qualify the collection the TSA requires.

Data Access & Collection · User right or choice

Providing Secure Flight information is voluntary, but not providing it may lead to extra screening or denied transport

The notice says providing the information is voluntary. If it is not provided, the passenger may be subject to additional screening or denied transport or authorization to enter a sterile area.

Supporting quotations

Providing this information is voluntary; however, if it is not provided, you may be subject to additional screening or denied transport or authorization to enter a sterile area.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The consequences are stated as what "may" happen.

Not stated here

• The notice does not say which information is optional or who decides on additional screening or denial.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): Secure Flight notice: the U.S. TSA requires "us" to collect information from you for watch list screening — The voluntary-provision statement and its consequences qualify the collection the TSA requires.