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[Daily Post from Infoglide Software] Infoglide Software and DHS’s Secure Flight Program

“The new Secure Flight program requires full name from airline passengers when they make online or phone reservations. To reduce the chance of false positive matches with names on the watch lists, passengers will also be asked if they are willing to provide their date of birth and gender when they book a flight.”

PC World: US Gov’t Plans Changes in Air Passenger Screening

“‘DHS has ‘made progress’ on privacy issues,’ said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of privacy advocacy group the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). DHS is right to focus on matching passenger names to terrorist watch lists instead of trying to predict behavior, he said.”

United Press International: DHS rolls out no-fly list change

“If properly crafted, the programs will improve aviation security without adding to passenger privacy concerns. In particular, we look forward to a unitary data collection process that accommodates all government demands for passenger information and leads to the creation of a coordinated worldwide system.”

Scam Alert: Study Reveals Crafty Urban Residents Cheat Auto Insurers

“Auto insurance companies that scrutinize the occupations of their policyholders may have noticed that inner-city farming is a popular vocation. For example, it’s on the rise in cities in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Wisconsin and Maryland. In some cases, the vehicles used for farming seem rather inappropriate — or certainly eccentric: BMW Z3, Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Focus, Jaguar XJ6, a Porsche Carrera, Mazda RX-7, Toyota Echo.”

Security Management Online: Retailers Organize Against Crime

“While retail crime comes in many forms such as shoplifting, credit card fraud, and internal theft, ORC is a different beast. Unlike shoplifting, ORC involves professional thieves operating as a network of ‘boosters’ and “’ences’ who steal, repackage, and resell staggering amounts of stolen goods daily. ‘They can hit anywhere from eight to 15 retailers a day,” states Karl F. Langhorst, CPP, director of loss prevention for Randall’s and Tom Thumb Food Markets in Texas […]. ‘Boosters come into retail establishments with a shopping list from their fences, who in turn sell the goods for typically 20 cents on the dollar of the retailer’s cost.’”

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