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Lawsuits have been filed under both the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking disclosure of information about ATS as well as records from ATS dossiers about individuals.
'''EFF v. Department of Homeland Security:''' On December 19, 2006, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's FOIA Litigation for Accountable Government (FLAG) project filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security under FOIA, demanding "immediate answers about an invasive and unprecedented data-mining system deployed on American travelers."<ref>[
'''Shearson v. Department of Homeland Security:''' In June 2006, Julia Shearson, Executive Director of the Cleveland Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed suit pro se against the DHS under the Privacy Act, seeking disclosure of records about herself from ATS and the correction of erroneous records falsely characterizing her as a terrorist.<ref>[http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011/04/21/dhs-cant-opt-out-of-liability-for-violating-the-privacy-act/ DHS can't opt out of liability for violating the Privacy Act | PapersPlease.org: April 21, 2011]</ref>
'''In 't Veld v. Department of Homeland Security:''' On July 1, 2008, the EFF FLAG project filed suit against the DHS under FOIA on behalf of Sophie In 't Veld, a Member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands, seeking disclosure of records about herself from ATS and other systems of records.<ref>[
'''Hasbrouck v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection:''' On August 25, 2010, Edward Hasbrouck of the Identity Project (PapersPlease.org) filed suit against CBP under the Privacy Act and FOIA, seeking disclosure of records about himself from ATS, information about how ATS records are retrieved, and records related to the processing of his previous Privacy Act requests and appeals for ATS records. Mr. Hasb rouck was represented by the First Amendment Project.<ref>[http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2011hasbrouck-v-cbp/ Edward Hasbrouck v. U.S. Customs and Border Protection | PapersPlease.org]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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The [[American Civil Liberties Union]] had similar concerns:
<blockquote>"Never before in American history has our government gotten into the business of creating mass 'risk assessment' ratings of its own citizens," said Barry Steinhardt, Director of the ACLU's Technology and Liberty Project. "That is a radical new step with far-reaching implications – but one that has been taken almost thoughtlessly by expanding a cargo-tracking system to incorporate human beings, and with little public notice, discussion, or debate."<ref>[
The [[Association of Corporate Travel Executives]] (ACTE) requested an immediate suspension of the program, stating:
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The [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] expressed their concerns:
<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>[
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:
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