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Court Filings: ICE App Identifies Protesters; Global Entry, PreCheck Get Revoked

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Re: Court Filings: ICE App Identifies Protesters; Global Entry, PreCheck Get Revoked

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Post by elmerfud »

So that whole not using facial recognition and deleting the data after use wasn't real. How shocking. You wonder why the NRA has such a strong lobby against gun registration. It's for the same reasons. Political abuse of exercising of rights.

By the time this makes it through the courts people will have forgotten.

Re: Court Filings: ICE App Identifies Protesters; Global Entry, PreCheck Get Revoked

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

elmerfud wrote: post #2

So that whole not using facial recognition and deleting the data after use wasn't real. How shocking. You wonder why the NRA has such a strong lobby against gun registration. It's for the same reasons. Political abuse of exercising of rights. By the time this makes it through the courts people will have forgotten.

> that whole not using facial recognition and deleting the data after use wasn't real

What are you referring to?

Re: Court Filings: ICE App Identifies Protesters; Global Entry, PreCheck Get Revoked

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Post by blinded »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #3
elmerfud wrote: post #2

So that whole not using facial recognition and deleting the data after use wasn't real. How shocking. You wonder why the NRA has such a strong lobby against gun registration. It's for the same reasons. Political abuse of exercising of rights. By the time this makes it through the courts people will have forgotten.

> that whole not using facial recognition and deleting the data after use wasn't real What are you referring to?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/05/20/tsa-fa...

"According to the TSA, your information is generally deleted shortly after you pass the screening process and is not used for surveillance purposes."

Re: Court Filings: ICE App Identifies Protesters; Global Entry, PreCheck Get Revoked

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

blinded wrote: post #5
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> that whole not using facial recognition and deleting the data after use wasn't real What are you referring to?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/05/20/tsa-fa... "According to the TSA, your information is generally deleted shortly after you pass the screening process and is not used for surveillance purposes."

You submit permanent biometrics as part of PreCheck and Global Entry. DHS is presumably using those data for identification.

Re: Court Filings: ICE App Identifies Protesters; Global Entry, PreCheck Get Revoked

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Post by apgwoz »

g-b-r wrote: post #4

This is a first amendment violation, right?

Yes. Except they are attempting to make the claim that protesters are interfering with federal operations, which is a crime. Therefore, they can try to make the claim that they are only investigating potential involvement in a crime, punish you, and file it under a violation of the terms of service for precheck and global entry. IANAL, etc, but this seems to be the strategy.

Re: Court Filings: ICE App Identifies Protesters; Global Entry, PreCheck Get Revoked

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

g-b-r wrote: post #4

This is a first amendment violation, right?

Almost certainly. The law should also be amended to require conviction or settlement, not merely investigation, to revoke someone’s PreCheck or Global Entry status.
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