Following the controversed [[Passenger Name Record]] agreement signeed with the [[European Union]] (EU) in 2007, the [[Bush administration]] gave exemption tofor the [[Department of Homeland Security]] and, for the [[Arrival and Departure System]] (ADIS) and for the Automated Target System from the [[1974 Privacy Act]] <ref name=Exemption> [[Statewatch]], [http://www.statewatch.org/news/2007/sep/04eu-usa-pnr-exemptions.htm US changes the privacy rules to exemption access to personal data] September 2007 </ref>. ADIS is intended to authorise people to travel only after PNR and API ([[Advance Passenger Information]]) data has been checked and cleared by US agency watchlist <ref name=Exemption/>. The [[Automated Targeting System]] is also to be exempted <ref name=Exemption/>.
The Privacy Act does not protect non-US citizens, which is problematic for exchange of [[Passenger Name Record]] information between the US and the [[European Union]].
