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<blockquote>The Automated Targeting System (ATS) will create and assign "risk assessments" to tens of millions of citizens as they enter and leave the country. Individuals will have no way to access information about their "risk assessment" scores or to correct any false information about them. But once the assessment is made, the government will retain the information for 40 years -- as well as make it available to untold numbers of federal, state, local, and foreign agencies in addition to contractors, grantees, consultants, and others.<ref>[http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_11.php#005030 Press Releases: November, 2006 | Electronic Frontier Foundation<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref></blockquote>
The Identity Project (Papersplease.org) filed a series of formal comments <ref>[http://papersplease.org/wp/policy/#ATS Policy Analysis: ATS | PapersPlease.org</ref> objecting to the ATS:
<blockquote>The Identity Project has filed comments with the DHS, objecting to this proposal. Among other things, we’ve pointed out that Congress has expressly forbidden the DHS from spending a penny on any system like this to assign risk scores to airline passengers, and that the Privacy Act forbids any Federal agency form collecting information about how we exercise rights protected by the First Amendment — like our right to travel — except as expressly directed by Congress.<ref>[http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/ Every traveler is a target: December 5, 2006 | PapersPlease.org</ref></blockquote>
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